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The Killing of Qasem Soleimani

A picture taken on January 4, 2020, shows the site where top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed along with eight others in a US strike the day before, outside the international airport road in the capital Baghdad. - Thousands of Iraqis chanting "Death to America" joined the funeral procession for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, both killed in a US air strike. The cortege set off around Kadhimiya, a Shiite pilgrimage district of Baghdad, before heading to the Green Zone government and diplomatic district where a state funeral was to be held attended by top dignitaries. In all, 10 people -- five Iraqis and five Iranians -- were killed in Friday morning's US strike on their motorcade just outside Baghdad airport. (Photo by Ali CHOUKEIR / AFP) (Photo by ALI CHOUKEIR/AFP via Getty Images)

Host

James M. Lindsay

Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair

Episode Guests

Steven A. Cook

Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars


Philip H. Gordon

Mary and David Boies Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy


Ray Takeyh

Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies

Show Notes

In this special Election 2020 series of The President’s Inbox, James M. Lindsay sits down each week with several experts with different views on how the United States should handle its foreign policy challenges. This week, he discusses what Qasem Soleiman’s death means for the Middle East with Steven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies, Philip H. Gordon, CFR’s Mary and David Boies senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy, and Ray Takeyh, CFR’s Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies.

 

Read Lindsay’s takeaways from their conversation and find further readings on his blog, The Water’s Edge.

 

The special Election 2020 episodes of The President’s Inbox are made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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