How Donald Trump Should Transform America's Middle East Policy

December 26, 2016 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Tags: WarTerrorismIraqSyriaMiddle EastDonald Trump

How Donald Trump Should Transform America's Middle East Policy

Disentanglement will require both farsightedness and political courage.

Paul R. Pillar is a contributing editor at the National Interest and the author most recently of Why America Misunderstands the World.

Image: U.S. Marines prepare to enter one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Baghdad. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Marine Corps.