After Afghanistan: U.S. Military Policy in the Middle East

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Abstract

In the context of the reduction of the American military presence in the Middle East in recent years, official Washington is facing a weakening of its political influence in the region. At the same time, U.S. adversaries such as Iran, China, and Russia are playing an increasingly active role there. Under the current conditions, the American military and political leadership is betting, on the one hand, on the development of partnership s and alliances with Middle Eastern countries, and on the other, on the advancement of the latest means of armed conflict, including unmanned aerial, naval, and ground vehicles.

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Vladimir I. Batyuk

Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)

Email: ctas@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1838-8616
Doctor of Sciences (History), Chief Researcher, Georgy Arbatov Moscow, Russian Federation

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