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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 six, Jon explores how people and governments in the Middle East see the United States, what they want from the United States in the region, and how that\u2019s changing. Jon speaks with Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati political scientist; Nabil Fahmy, Cairo\u2019s former ambassador to Washington and later Egypt\u2019s foreign minister; Maha Yahya, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut; Alon Pinkas, a former diplomat who worked at the top levels of the Israeli government; and Nasser Hadian, an Iranian political scientist.\xa0\n\nAlon Pinkas, "Israeli Boasting on Iran Isn\u2019t Foreign Policy, It's Just Bragging," Haaretz, April 11, 2022.\n\nMaha Yahya, "The Middle East is on the Brink Again," Foreign Affairs, March 22, 2022.\n\nNasser Hadian, "Explainer: Iran's Priorities at Nuclear Talks," United States Institute of Peace, January 3, 2022.\n\nNabil Fahmy, "Adapting to a Region in Flux," Carnegie Middle East Center, May 10, 2021.\n\nAbdulkhaleq Abdulla, "The Rise of the United Arab Emirates," The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Spring 2021.\n\nTranscript, "U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Six," CSIS, April 12, 2022.