Biden and The Middle East: A Challenging Road Ahead

Biden and the Middle East: A Challenging Road Ahead is a compilation of articles by Middle East experts published as President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20th and his administration begins to tackle the myriad political, economic, and social challenges domestically and internationally. The edited volume features analyses of US policy in general and in the Middle East as well as cross-cutting themes, such as democracy and human rights. It pays special attention to issues in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Gulf, and East and North Africa. While the articles focus on the Arab world, writers also discuss non-Arab countries including Iran, Turkey, and Israel.

Editors
Zeina Azzam and Imad K. Harb

Contributors
Gregory Aftandilian, Khalil al-Anani, Emadeddin Badi, Daniel Brumberg, Charles W. Dunne, Mustafa Gurbuz, Imad K. Harb, Zaha Hassan, Khalil E. Jahshan, Kenneth Katzman, Nabeel A. Khoury, Joe Macaron, Karim Mezran, Diana Moukalled, Yousef Munayyer, Curtis R. Ryan, Abdelkhalig Shaib, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Sarah Yerkes, Radwan Ziadeh

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Khalil E. Jahshan

I. Biden’s Preferences and General Middle East Concerns

A Prognosis for American Involvement in the Middle East
Kenneth Katzman

The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy: Key Features and Likely Changes
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

The Biden Administration and US Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Joe Macaron

Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East: The Biden Agenda
Charles W. Dunne

II. Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean

Biden Has a New Opportunity in Syria
Radwan Ziadeh

Lebanon and the Biden Administration: Détente or More Sanctions?
Diana Moukalled