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This fractured world will not organize itself. Washington has the opportunity to lead again, but if the United States chooses otherwise, Washington must not delude itself about the possible consequences.

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 conf...

A more complicated party. im joined by msnbc contributor and the washington editor at large for "the atlantic," steve clemens, of course also founder of the american strategy program at the new america foundation. steve, i know we have a little bit of a satellite delay, so im going to get right to my first question. youre traveling with vice president biden. lets get right to this issue of a standoff. are the japanese satisfied? did vice president biden satisfy the japanese that the u.s. is stic...

Msnbc. >> kristen welker, thank you for the latest. outside of condemning the violence in egypt, the united states is staying on the sidelines in egypt. is that the right move? to talk about that is steve clemon, washington editor at large, for "the atlantic" and also founder of the american strategy program at the new america foundation. steve, what i want to know, as someone coming to this is, are we making the right move, from your expert opinion, are we making the right move in staying on th...

According to martial law imposed last week. today, a 71-year-old man died of tear gas asphyxiation, joining at least 20 others killed in bahrain in two months of uprisings. white house press secretary jay carney defined the difference between those violent protests across the middle east and what demanded military action in libya. >> on the question of whats different about libya, i think scale is important here. the enormity of the potential violence, the amount of violence that had occurred ag...

Thanks so much. the international community is ready to go to war with libya but it is still unclear who exactly is in charge there. and what the announcement of a cease-fire will mean for military preparations. steve clemmons is director of the american strategy program at the new america foundation, he just returned from doha, qatar, where he met with leaders of the libyan council. for all this going back and forth and hearing what jim maceda is reporting, what does this cease-fire really si...

Show that the government is not afraid of this protest. its seen it before. there are a number of flash points even here in the west and they wanted to prove that the reports of bombing and strengthening of libyan planes by people in zawiya and the strategy completely backfired and now these pictures are being shown around the world, making the opposition feel even stronger and gadhafi, no doubt, feeling even more cornered as he is here waiting things out in tripoli. back to you. >> jim maceda i...

Hes been asked to do isnt going to happen with the resources hes got, and i think he knows that afghanistan is not a place where you can create western institutions, new governments, new ways of doing business. this is a very backward place, its very diverse. hes got -- hes got a very different set of requirements than i think he ever anticipated. >> colonel douglas mcgregor, thank you very much for your time tonight. i really appreciate your insight here. >> thank you. >> were joined by steve c...

The iranians are continuing their efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon. >> lets turn now to the director of the american strategy program at the new america foundation and author of s the foreign policy blog, the washington note, steve clemenses. thank you for your time tonight. >> great to be with you. >> we pull the trigger on iran and what happens afterwards? >> well, first thing that happens, what weve been hearing death to the dictator goes back to death to america again. the cia was involve...

Song, bomb iran. bomb, bomb, bomb -- anyway. i think iran is a great threat. the iranians are continuing their efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon. >> lets turn now to the director of the american strategy program at the new america foundation and author of the washington note, steve clemens. thank you for your time tonight. >> great to be with you. >> we pull the trigger on iran and what happens afterwards? >> well, first thing that happens, what weve been hearing death to the dictator goes bac...