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With chaos growing across the Middle East, the Vandenberg Coalition assembled a working group of Middle East experts to identify critical policy recommendations for the new administration to strengthen U.S. policy towards the Middle East and place that policy squarely in line with America’s interests.
The group convened under the collective recognition that the failed policies of the past four years cannot continue if the United States is to extinguish the fire ablaze in the Middle East. The status quo of appeasement is no longer viable or desirable given the threat landscape, and pulling back from the Middle East would gift the region to China, Russia, and Iran on a silver platter…
This report is the product of a months-long working group composed of conservative Middle East experts.
It was convened in 2024 and 2025 under the auspices of The Vandenberg Coalition. It was drafted by Daniel Samet.
Hamas’ October 7 attacks, during which over 1,200 Israelis and over 40 Americans were slaughtered and
hundreds of others taken hostage in Gaza, should serve as a reminder that American retreat results in
chaos. The current state of affairs in the Middle East underscores this fact. Lebanese Hezbollah threatened civilian and military targets across Israel. The Houthis’ drone and missile attacks have…
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