In a podcast interview on CSIS’s “Babel: Translating the Middle East,” Michael Doran discusses U.S. power and influence in the Middle East.
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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2025. (Getty Images)