The burden-shifting strategy of the US under Trump, and in large part before, has been to get regional players like Saudi Arabia and Turkey to take responsibility for the Middle East from the US, but those countries are concerned about unintended consequences from wars like the Iran war.
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“the US strategy under Trump and and in large part before as well, it has been burden shifting, has been uh trying to get regional players like Saudi Arabia and Turkey uh in in the Middle East to take over the responsibility for the region”
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