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URL:https://quincyinst.org/events/after-afghanistan-does-the-u-s-need-base
 s-in-the-middle-east-at-all/
SUMMARY:After Afghanistan\, Does the U.S. Need Bases In the Middle East At 
 All?
DESCRIPTION:President Joe Biden's declaration that the withdrawal from Afgh
 anistan puts an end to "an era of major military operations to remake othe
 r countries" adds further urgency to the question of what America's milita
 ry footprint in the Middle East should be. This is a central element in Se
 cretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's forthcoming global posture review.   But
  does the United States need to have any permanent military bases in the M
 iddle East at all? Not according to former Pentagon advisor Eugene Gholz\,
  who argues in a Quincy Institute Paper titled Nothing Much to Do: Why Ame
 rica Can Bring All Troops Home From the Middle East that the U.S.'s core i
 nterests in the region are safe\, and as a result\, the United States shou
 ld begin significant withdrawals from the region and eventually close down
  all permanent bases there.  Join us for a debate between Eugene Gholz and
  Kirsten Fontenrose\, former Senior Director for the Persian Gulf at the N
 ational Security Council\, on the future U.S. military footprint in the Mi
 ddle East. Trita Parsi\, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute\
 , will moderate.     
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