Worldview 5.22.12

By Alexandra Salomon
Tripoli Street, the center of fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi forces in Misrata, Libya, in May of 2011.
Tripoli Street, the center of fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi forces in Misrata, Libya, in May of 2011. AP/Rodrigo Abd
Tripoli Street, the center of fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi forces in Misrata, Libya, in May of 2011.
Tripoli Street, the center of fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi forces in Misrata, Libya, in May of 2011. AP/Rodrigo Abd

Worldview 5.22.12

By Alexandra Salomon
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Tripoli Street, the center of fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi forces in Misrata, Libya, in May of 2011. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

On Tuesday, Worldview spends the hour with mid-east scholar Fawaz Gerges. His new book, Obama and the Middle East: The End of America’s Moment?, dissects Obama’s mid-east policy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Gerges argues that America’s influence in the region is declining.

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