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The U.S. has about 46,000 troops stationed in 11 countries across the Middle East, with all the accompanying hardware and support. Those forces are not available elsewhere, whether in Europe or East A...
What the debate about the US presence in the Middle East boils down to is opportunity cost. An American soldier standing guard at Tower 22 in the Jordanian desert cannot simultaneously watch over the NATO border in Estonia, the demilitarized zone on the Korean peninsula or Philippine shoals in the South China Sea. Captain America has a shield that’s big but not global. To keep holding it over Europe and East Asia, he must withdraw it from the Middle East
In the complex debate over the substantial US military presence in the Middle East, one strategic question persists...
The risks posed by the war in Gaza are just the most recent security challenge facing the U.S. public and U.S. policy makers. It's time for a change of course.
Join us for a discussion of the just-released paper “A Credible Grand Strategy: The Urgent Need to Set Priorities.”