Whoever wins the U.S. presidential election this November will require a rethink on the Middle East. Kenneth M. Pollack, a former National Security Council staffer and CIA analyst, claims to provide one in "A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East."
His analysis? America does have legitimate interests in the region, notably in its oil. Yet many Mideast countries are in"a pre-revolutionary situation," nuclearization of the region is a possibility, and the future looks grim.
His strategy? To encourage and enable the kind of gradual political, social and economic reform that grows from within, as opposed to the variety imposed from without.
Monday, August 11, 2008
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