Ep 190: Michael Doran on “Restraint” and the Middle East

School of War · Apr 15, 2025 · 54m

Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump’s choices in the Middle East.

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• 01:46 Introduction

• 02:20 What is it?

• 05:01 Left, right, center

• 06:56 Syria ’07

• 11:47 Iraq Study Group

• 17:21 Populist expression

• 27:34 Balance

• 30:20 Obama v Trump

• 34:56 Oscillation

• 42:16 Back to JCPOA?

• 45:49 Snapback

• 47:44 Syria ’25

• 52:09 Iran and Turkey

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