The Impact of President of ‘USA’ Donald Trump's Policies on the Middle East: An Analytical Study

This analysis focuses on the direct outcomes that President Donald Trump’s diplomatic action has had on the Middle East’s Politics, trade and security. Specifically, what has the United States’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem, and the signing of the Abraham Accords done to the configuration of global alliances, the deepening and proliferation of rivalries, and the re-architecting of the mechanisms of peace? With the intention of providing a coherent account of the dilemmas and accumulations of the Trump presidency, this study utilizes qualitative analysis on documents, field studies of the region, specialized documents, and iterated regional commentary. The study's central argument is that the responses from national leaders, which are overt and covert, support and oppose, illustrate, yet again, that American choices are crucial, among other things, to the geopolitics of the Middle East.

Trump, Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy, Iran Nuclear Deal, Abraham Accords

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