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Trump, the Middle East, and North Africa: Just Leave Things to the Proxies? Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 125 March 2020

Biscop, Sven (2020) Trump, the Middle East, and North Africa: Just Leave Things to the Proxies? Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 125 March 2020. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    When Trump says that he wants NATO to take more responsibility in the Middle East, what he means is that he wants the European allies to do more. He is campaigning for reelection and has promised to bring the boys (and girls) home for Christmas. And of course, in Iraq American troops are less than welcome these days, after the targeted assassination of Iranian General Soleimani near Baghdad airport (3 January 2020). In late 2019, Trump had already withdrawn most troops from Syria, and now the peace agreement with the Taliban (29 February 2020) will allow him to draw down the US military presence in Afghanistan too. And the US is considering pulling its troops out of the Sahel as well. What does this mean for Europe?

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Middle East
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-North Africa/Maghreb
    Countries > Afghanistan
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > European Policy Briefs
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 20 Mar 2020 12:02
    Number of Pages: 7
    Last Modified: 20 Mar 2020 12:02
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/102611

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