Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump’s choices in the Middle East.▪️Times     •      01:46 Introduction    •      02:20 What is it?     •      05:01 Left, right, center     •      06:56 Syria ’07       •      11:47 Iraq Study Group       •      17:21 Populist expression     •      27:34 Balance        •      30:20 Obama v Trump     •      34:56 Oscillation    •      42:16 Back to JCPOA?        •      45:49 Snapback     •      47:44 Syria ’25    •      52:09 Iran and TurkeyFollow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcastFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack