The Middle East Strategy at Harvard’s Adam Garfinkle highlights what he considers ought to be the four main interests of the United States in the Middle East. His reasoning stems from the idea that the global game has changed while Washington continues to view security and power from a post-Cold War perspective. He briefly touches on how the US attempted a plan of democracy promotion to achieve its goals in the region.
Thomas Carothers also analyzes the current state and future of democracy promotion by the US in the latest issue of Democracy Journal.
