What Does the Emergence of a Multipolar World Mean for the Middle East?

With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over, the United States is shifting its focus away from the Middle East. How will other powers and forces, from China to sectarianism to climate change, drive events on the ground in the years ahead? And how should Washington navigate this complex environment without making further catastrophic blunders?

This is an excerpt from a recent Foreign Affairs event in which Executive Editor Justin Vogt and authors Gregory Gause, Amaney Jamal, and Marc Lynch mark the launch of the March/April issue with a discussion of today’s Middle East.

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March/April 2022 Issue
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/issues...

"The Price of Order" by F. Gregory Gause III
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl...

"Why Democracy Stalled in the Middle East" by Amaney A. Jamal and Michael Robbins
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl...

"The End of the Middle East" by Marc Lynch
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl...