“Americans Want Chaos:” What The U.S. Gets Wrong In The Middle East

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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After 20 years of war and revolution across the Middle East and North Africa–from Libya to Afghanistan--we take a look at what US foreign policy gets wrong, where China is trying to fill the gaps, and the future of the region, in this conversation with author and journalist Robert Kaplan. His latest book, “The Loom of Time,” provides some incredible historical perspective on US foreign policy and takes us on a tour of the region from Saudi Arabia to Israel to Syria to Egypt. This episode is effectively an hour-long masters degree in Middle East affairs. While the US might try, the region continues to require constant attention from Washington DC. Why is that? Kaplan provides perspective on how we got here over the last 100 years, about his conversations with senior leaders across the region and what might happen next. —- Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022. Follow Mo News on all platforms: Website: www.mo.news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosheh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mosheh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoshehNews Snapchat: https://t.snapchat.com/pO9xpLY9 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@monews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mosheh

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Monews podcast. I'm Moshe one new new today. We have a special
0:08.8	interview with author journalist Robert Kaplan. He has written more than 20 books, focusing
0:14.8	on foreign policy in the Middle East, a whole variety of things that he's covered over
0:18.0	his more than four decade career. His newest book is called The Loom of Time. It discusses
0:23.2	the lessons from the history of the Middle East and how we can apply them to today and what
0:27.2	it means for US foreign policy. The Middle East situated between Europe and China has been the
0:32.2	central focus going back millennia. And what Kaplan does in this book is really focused on
0:38.7	the history of the various empires that have tried to control the region and what that has meant
0:44.0	to the current predicament. We basically take a tour of the Middle East discussing everything
0:48.4	from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, Turkey. What it means for US foreign policy, how China
0:54.2	is effectively trying to be the next great power in the region. It's a fascinating journey
1:00.7	and he provides some incredible insight. I think you'll really like it. And he really helped to explain
1:05.3	especially with the past 20 years has meant as far as the US involvement in the region,
1:10.4	the invasion, the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the withdrawals, and whether the US can ever
1:15.8	really get out of the Middle East. Before we get started here, a reminder to consider joining
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1:50.4	All right, everyone with that here's today's conversation.
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