Patrick Clawson
Patrick Clawson
Patrick Lyell Clawsonis an American economist and Middle East scholar. He is currently the Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and senior editor of Middle East Quarterly...
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There are lots of problems in Iraq, and this episode was done by some nasty actors who are not friendly to the United States.
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I think he is mistaken in his optimism,
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He is a very ambitious man, he thinks he has a role to play in the future of the country.
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Dubai is a place with few rules, but one of the few things tightly regulated is port security, and that's why the U.S. Navy feels comfortable using Dubai more than any other port in the world.