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This week on Babel, Jon speaks with Nadia Oweidat, a Middle East fellow at the Wilson Center and an assistant professor at Kansas State University. They talk about Russian disinformation efforts in Arabic media outlets, how authoritarian states in the region are amplifying those efforts, and how she thinks Western governments should respond. Then, Natasha Hall, Will Todman, and Caleb Harper continue the conversation about how populations and states in the region think about the United States as the international system becomes more multipolar.\xa0\n\nNadia Oweidat, \u201cThe Russian Propaganda in Arabic Hidden from the West,\u201d Wilson Center, April 18, 2022.\n\nNadia Oweidat, \u201cSupporting Youth Activists in the MENA Region: A Challenging Reality and Opportunities for a Bright Future,\u201d Wilson Center, August 12, 2021.\n\nJon Alterman, "The Middle East\u2019s Indifference to Ukraine Is a Warning," Defense One, May 12, 2022.\n\nNatasha Hall and Will Todman, "Russia waged a cheap war in Syria. Here\u2019s what those tactics might look like in Ukraine," Washington Post, March 11, 2022.\n\nTranscript, "Disinformation in the Arab World," CSIS, June 14, 2022.