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The next president must be prepared to act on the Middle East

Op-eds & Essays by Carlos Pascual • July 15, 2016

Writing on CNBC.com, CGEP Fellow Carlos Pascual writes that for the next U.S. president, no foreign policy choice will be more important than deciding whether and how to end a stalemate of conflict in the Middle East. The challenges will be daunting. But turning a blind eye to the region’s deteriorating realities will ensure that the dangers and threats only grow, he argues.

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The next president must be prepared to act on the Middle East

Op-eds & Essays by Carlos Pascual • July 15, 2016

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