Swamp Chronicles: Matt Duss on progressive foreign policy in the Middle East and Ukraine
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro welcome to Matt Duss to discuss American policy in the Middle East and the future of progressive foreign policy
For the sixth episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro welcome to Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor to senator Bernie Sanders. Together, they discuss American policy in the Middle East and the future of progressive foreign policy.
Duss describes the Biden administration’s hesitancy to pressure Binyamin Netanyahu, and how the Democratic Party balances between its progressive and mainstream factions over America’s policy in the Middle East. He discusses who a Kamala Harris administration might appoint if the Democratics are victorious at the upcoming United States presidential election and shares his thoughts on the future of the war in Ukraine.