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The Fadeout of the Pax Americana in the Middle East
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)
Visiting Scholar, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University

By video link from Washington, D.C., 19 May 2021

The Middle East is where Africa, Asia, and Europe meet, where the three Abrahamic religions were born, and where their holiest places are.  It’s where the planet’s hydrocarbon resources are most abundant and accessible, and where the strategic lines of com