Will Biden be Obama redux for the Middle East?
In-depth: Recent normalization between Israel and parts of the Arab world – borne largely out fear of Iranian influence – means the new president and his foreign policy team are returning to a region very changed from just four years ago
The Media Line |
Published: 01.16.21 , 22:40
Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed last week that he has met with his designated successor, Antony Blinken. Both have been trusted, loyal confidantes of their respective bosses.
And after Pompeo and his boss Donald Trump made it their stated mission to tear apart the foreign policy of the president's predecessor Barack Obama, President-elect Joe Biden and Blinken have been clear that much of those new policies will be obliterated in short order – except, perhaps, in the Middle East.