The Trump era is drawing to a close, and with it ends a way of wielding power. As a new team gets ready to enter the White House in January 2021, it appears as though the transition will be quite difficult. The United States’ foreign policy continues to have a crucial impact on the Middle East, the Gulf and North Africa. Many questions have arisen about the main guidelines to be followed by the president-elect, Joe Biden, with regard to these countries and the leeway he will have to maneuver with them. In attempting to reveal some of the essential factors at play, Casa Árabe is bringing together four analysts to debate Donald Trump’s legacy in the Middle East and North Africa, and the changes which may be ushered in by the upcoming Biden Administration.

Rami Khouri is a professor of Journalism at the American University in Beirut and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
Intissar Fakir publishes the news bulletin Sadaof the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Haizam Amirah Fernández is the Head Researcher on the Mediterranean and Arab World at the Real Instituto Elcano.
Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a researcher with the Afro–Middle East Centre (AMEC).

The event will be moderated by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s International Relations Coordinator.

Debate organized with the cooperation of the Real Instituto Elcano. You can watch it in English and in Spanish.