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There’s Never a New Middle East
This year’s op-eds and magazine features induce déjà vu. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was supposed to clear the way for a new, democratic Middle East.
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The piece notes that recent op‑eds and magazine features repeat familiar narratives about transformative moments in the region. It cites the 2003 Iraq invasion, the 2006 Lebanon War—described by Condoleezza Rice as “birth pangs”—the 2009 Arab Spring, Hamas’s 2023 assault on Israel, and current U.S. attacks on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as each being heralded as the start of a “new Middle East.” The article also references former President Donald Trump’s claim that the region’s future has never looked brighter, and mentions a Foreign Affairs essay titled “The Iran Imperative: How America and Israel Can Shape a New Middle East.”
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