The Middle East will be a significant challenge to US foreign policy-makers during the next
administration – whether with regard to further transitions of the Arab Spring, Iran’s appetite for nuclear weapons, Israel’s posture towards Palestine and other Arab powers in its neighbourhood, or the rise of political Islam. Despite the US tilt to Asia, how Barack Obama or Mitt Romney deals with these issues will be a central part of the foreign policy agenda in the coming four years, as it has been for previous presidents.
