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In seven episodes, the Babel: U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East podcast miniseries will take a closer look at two decades of heightened U.S. engagement in the region. Over seven weeks, Babel will cover how the United States has used its military, economic, diplomatic, and soft power tools in the Middle East\u2014and how the Middle East has responded.\xa0\xa0\nIn part four, Jon analyzes U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East, and how U.S. policymakers have thought about U.S. diplomatic power in the region. He talks with Ambassador Thomas Pickering, a career diplomat with over four decades of experience, including as U.S. ambassador to the UN and to six other countries, and as the undersecretary of State for political affairs; Nathalie Tocci, an Italian scholar who served as a key advisor to the European Union\u2019s chief diplomat; and Brian Katulis, senior fellow and vice president of policy at the Middle East Institute who served in the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Department of Defense during the Clinton administration.\n\nBrian Katulis and Peter Juul, \u201cSeeking a New Balance for U.S. Policy in the Middle East,\u201d Center for American Progress, September 7, 2021.\n\nNathalie Tocci, "Transatlantic Action Plan: Middle East and North Africa," Harvard Belfer Center, February 2021.\n\nThomas Pickering, \u201cKeynote remarks: the geopolitics of the Gulf from an American perspective,\u201d Gulf International Forum, October 23, 2019.\xa0\xa0\n\nTranscript,\xa0"U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Four," CSIS, March 29, 2022.