John Bruni is joined by special guest Dr. Ibrahim Fraihat, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, Brookings Doha Center to discuss the stability of the Middle East today and the future of the region.

Dr. Fraihat is a CAAR Visiting Fellow, sponsored by the Australian Government through the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR)of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). He is hosted by the Middle East Studies Forum of Deakin University.

Dr. Fraihat was Guest Speaker for the Department of Asian Studies, University of Adelaide through the efforts of Prof. Purnendra Jain.

Topics covered: Obama's foreign policy in the Middle East; the role of sectarianism in many of the region's contemporary conflicts; the 'Cold War' between Saudi Arabia and Iran; the Syrian civil war, Iraqi social and political turmoil, Iranian influence in Iraq, Israel & Palestine.

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