A Seismic Geopolitical Shift in the Middle East | Plus, Join Me on Notes!
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Joshua Landis on the Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East
If you have not already done so, I highly recommend Monday’s episode featuring Middle East scholar Joshua Landis. He’s spent a career studying Syria and regional politics and was the perfect person to interview regarding a kind of stunning trend we are seeing in which various governments in the region — that only a few years ago were seeking the violent overthrow of the Assad regime — are now opening up embassies in Damascus and seeking rapprochement. If you have 25 minutes and want to better understand what is driving this huge shift in regional politics and diplomacy, have a listen.
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