'Erratic' or 'Strategic Clarity': What to make of Trump's Middle East legacy?
Danielle Pletka (Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute) Danielle Pletka (photo credit: AEI, courtesy) The Trump presidency represented a watershed for the Middle East, a completely unexpected transformation. Pre-Trump, the region remained largely static, with accepted wisdom guiding both Democratic and Republic presidents to a series of similar policies. In retrospect, that willingness to accept the conventional, academic platitudes about how to best manage Middle East policy was foolish. Doing the same thing time and again and expecting different results may not be the definition of i...