Empire - The post-American Middle East

Follow on Twitter: twitter.com Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com Will the US continue to try to dictate its own agenda with hard power? Or will it 'lead from behind', accepting a more multilateral role working with the Arab people and their leaders? The Middle East has served as a setting for the grand narratives of American imperial power for generations. But with revolutions and attacked embassies, the Arab world is quickly and deftly slipping out of US control and the power the US has enjoyed in the Middle East may finally be reaching an end. As the Arab people begin to proactively tell their leaders and the world what they want, the question now becomes how the US, so accustomed to directing the region as it pleases, will deal with its diminishing power. Interviewees: Anne-Marie Slaughter: Princeton professor and former director of policy planning for the US State Department Robert Kaplan: national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine Francis Fukuyama: political scientist and author of nine books Pankaj Mishra: noted essayist and novelist. Guests: Steven Clemons: Washington editor-at-large of The Atlantic Marwan Muasher: vice president of studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author John Esposito: professor of international affairs and Islamic studies at Georgetown University and the author of over 30 books Patrick Tyler: a journalist and author For more Empire: www.youtube.com
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
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Empire - The post-American Middle East