Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Diwan interviewed him just after the U.S. elections to get his perspective on the United States’ approach to the conflicts in the Middle East in the past year, particularly how Washington has been perceived by people in the region in light of its support for Israel both in Gaza and Lebanon. In particular, Muasher fears that the arrival of Donald Trump as president may only make things worse in terms of progress on a peace settlement between the Palestinians and Israelis.
Complicit in the Middle East’s Distress
In an interview, Marwan Muasher looks back on U.S. policy toward the ongoing crisis, and sees even worse ahead.
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