# Analysis: Trump’s Middle East Strategy

An episode of [Babel: Translating the Middle East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1479606317), 6 Mar 2025, 6:31.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1109278262.mp3?updated=1741283738

On Tuesday night, President Trump delivered the first broadcast address of his second term to Congress. Though his remarks on the Middle East were sparing and largely expected, U.S. policy in the region has largely been the opposite. Trump’s pronouncements on Gaza have sent especially powerful shockwaves throughout the Middle East, and hints of a new approach to Iran have also elicited attention. Asher Grant-Sasson speaks with Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, about the state of U.S. Middle East policy and its possible future trajectories.

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