Commentary
Maha Yahya
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In The Media
What a Trump or Clinton Presidency Could Mean for the Middle East
The U.S. presidential candidates will follow different paths in the Middle East, but it's not clear which concrete steps they will take.
By Maha Yahya
Published on Nov 2, 2016
Source: BBC
Carnegie Middle East Center's Director Maha Yahya joined BBC's Global News, along with Akin Unver of Kadir Has University and Joshua Meservey of the Heritage Foundation, to discuss what each US presidential candidate's potential strategy will be in the Middle East. Yahya argued that Trump is an isolationist and that Clinton is more likely to engage in the region, but not necessarily militarily. Clinton would have more capacity and willingness to tackle major problems in the Middle East.
About the Author
Maha Yahya
Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
Maha Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her research focuses on citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings.
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