Sarhang Hamasaeed on the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue

June 17, 2020 00:08:46
Sarhang Hamasaeed on the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue
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Sarhang Hamasaeed on the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue

Jun 17 2020 | 00:08:46

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Show Notes

As the United States and Iraq engage in important talks this month, USIP’s Sarhang Hamasaeed says the focus should be “Iraq-centric policy,” even as Baghdad “is under a lot of pressure from Iran and its allies … to use the dialogue to put pressure on the United States to withdraw its troops and limit U.S. influence.” 

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