were trapped there and were unable to get out the u.s. interests in the middle east going back for decades revolved around or oil oil this crucial to power so the military s to the economy its logo. global economy ran. the united states got more deeply entrenched under the carter administration put troops in the area made a central to our strategic policies and doubled down increasingly over the next decades. under the obama administration when hillary clinton was secretary of state she wrote the article in november of $22011.00 when she said he called it america s pacific century and basically said the u.s. is going to be shifting its focus from the middle east to the pacific which was the future however the united states has still not been able to get out of that region and one concern of course is terrorism with after the united states invaded afghanistan in 2001 and iraq in 2003 the us completely unsettled that entire region and let loose forces that were very very destru
to discuss these issues and more i m joined by my guest here who s taken to those that he is a professor of history and director of the nucular studies institute at american university as well as co-author with oliver stone of the untold history of the united states in new york we have roy leiter he is an associate a senior research analyst at the institute for war and peace studies at columbia university and here in moscow we have maxine he is an expert at the russian international affairs council originally cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated ok let s go to bethesda 1st peter i m going to ask a very simple question what to on this program what is the strategic value of the middle east for the united states it s been there for decades and we keep being told it is necessary that we be there we had a president for 4 years been trying to get out even the president of the united states in the powers of that office could
to discuss these issues and more i m joined by my guest here who s making to those that he is a professor of history and director of the nucular studies institute at american university as well as co-author with oliver stone of the untold history of the united states in new york we have roy leiter he is an associate a senior research analyst at the institute for war and peace studies at columbia university and here in moscow we have maxime s he is an expert at the russian international affairs council originally cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let s go to bethesda 1st peter i m going to ask a very simple question what to on this program what is the strategic value of the middle east for the united states it s been there for decades and we keep being told it is necessary that we be there we had a president for 4 years been trying to get out even the president of the united states in the powers of that office
hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered joe biden famously said nothing will fundamentally change just appears to be the case when it comes to u.s. policy regarding the middle east we asked the question what is the strategic value of the middle east and who benefits from all these forever warse. to discuss these issues and more i m joined by my guest here who s making to those that he is a professor of history and director of the nucular studies institute at american university as well as co-author with oliver stone of the untold history of the united states in new york we have roy leiter he is an associate a senior research analyst at the institute for war and peace studies at columbia university and here in moscow we have maxime s he is an expert at the russian international affairs council originally cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated ok let s go to test the 1st peter i m going to ask a ve
Hello from doha everyone im come on santa maria this is the new sound from al jazeera and and blasphemy protest in pakistan grows and then turns violent as the military is called. Easing its blockade the Saudi Led Coalition allows the first shipments in weeks to enter yemen. With a new government moves in on Robert Mugabes old ally. And in the refugee camps of bangladesh more doubts about the agreement thats supposed to allow him to muslims to return to me and. So were going to start off with this standoff in pakistan where the military has been called in and a partial media blackout is in place but its a struggle to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital islamabad this is after earlier on saturday police fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the protest camp more than one hundred fifty people injured the demonstrators have been blocking a major highway for two weeks and are refusing to leave until the law minister steps down this is all stemming from the fact they are angry