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In part four, Jon Alterman looks at U.S.-Russian cooperation and competition in the Middle East. He follows how U.S. policy in the Middle East has shaped Russian policy in the region, and how the U.S.-Russian relationship in the Middle East has evolved over the past three decades.\xa0During the episode, Jon\xa0talks\xa0with Anna Borschevskaya, senior fellow at the Washington Institute; Heather Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Artic and director of the Europe Program at CSIS; Phil Gordon, senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations; and Becca Wasser, fellow in the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security.\nSong Credits: "Tarte Tatin" from Confectionary via Blue Dot Studios; \u201cBorough\u201d from Molerider via Blue Dot Studios; "Denzel Sprak\u201d from CloudCover via Blue Dot Studios; and\u201cThe Records\u201d from Union Hall via Blue Dot Studios.\n\nPhil Gordon, Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East, St. Martin's Press, October 2020.\n\nAnna Borschevskaya, "Russia Aims to Preserve the Status Quo in Lebanon," The Washington Institute, August 12, 2020.\n\nHeather Conley on Energy 360\xb0, "Race to the Top: China, Russia, U.S. Compete," CSIS, August 3, 2020.\n\nBecca Wasser and Ben Connable, "The Limits of Russian Strategy in the Middle East," London School of Economics, May 10, 2018.\n\nEpisode Transcript, "Russia in the Middle East: Part Four," CSIS, September 22, 2020.