After the 2012 Election: Implications for US Middle East Policy
WINEP, Nov 8 2012

Conventional wisdom has it that the presidential election, especially in the event of Obama’s reelection, would bring more continuity than change to US foreign policy, especially in the Middle East. Such predictions are uncertain, however, and raise several questions. How will a second Obama administration’s Middle East agenda differ from the first term? And how will those in the region react to the election results? To discuss these issues, WINEP convened a Policy Forum luncheon with Dennis Ross, James Jeffrey, and Robert Satloff on Nov 8 2012. Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor to WINEP and served most recently as special assistant to Obama and senior director for the CENTCOM region on the National Security Council. Ambassador James Jeffrey is a visiting fellow at WINEP. Previously, he served as deputy national security advisor in the Bush 43 administration and as a US envoy in Iraq and Turkey. Robert Satloff is executive director of WINEP