Audio recording from Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Audio recording from Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Audio recording from Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Audio recording from Comparing the Politics of GCC Oil Booms and Busts
Audio recording from Gulf Security and the Procurement Future
Audio recording from Gulf Capital and Islamic Finance
Audio recording from The Middle East Economy in 2010
Audio recording from The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam
Audio recording from Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam
Mark N. Katz, examines the impact of the current and future US withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan on Islamic radicals. Katz argues that the US withdrawals from both countries will lead radicals to conclude they have defeated the US in the "War on Terror" and that US regional strength is on the decline. This, he argues, will spur Islamic radicals to seek further gains elsewhere. But regardless of the boost to their cause that the withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan may provide, they will likely meet three key obstacles in their pursuit of increased power and influence.
Andrew Exum, Fellow at the Center for A New American Security, assesses the possibility of a new Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and its ramifications for U.S. strategy there. The past six months have seen some remarkable successes in southern Afghanistan. But if hard-won security gains collapse in the face of a renewed Taliban offensive in 2011, the NATO strategy to secure Afghanistan will be in grave danger. Andrew Exum will discuss the situation in southern Afghanistan as well as how the American public can know whether the strategy is succeeding or failing this summer.