Daniel E. Zoughbie

Complex-systems scientist, diplomatic historian, and expert on presidential decision-making @UC Berkeley
Author Kicking the Hornet's Nest @SimonSchuster

[Daniel E. Zoughbie @danielzoughbie]

Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump is out now with #SimonSchuster.

It argues that 80 years of U.S. policy in the Middle East have produced unintended consequences — and that launching another major war in a nuclearizing region could trigger dynamics far beyond our control.

Grateful for bipartisan endorsements from former CIA Director & Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; former National Security Agency Director & CIA Deputy Director Adm. Bobby Inman; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt Daniel Kurtzer; former MI6 Counter-Terrorism Chief Sir Mark Allen; former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami; and former CENTCOM Commander-in-Chief Gen. Anthony Zinni — along with coverage in the Washington Post, Financial Times, Kirkus, and on C-SPAN.

History’s warning is simple: once you destabilize a complex system, you don’t control what comes out. Avoid #KickingTheHornetsNest

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[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

IRAN’s SUPREME LEADER IS DEAD—We may regret what we just did— 80 years of U.S. policy in the Middle East have produced unintended consequences — and that launching another major war in a nuclearizing region could trigger dynamics far beyond our control.

Endorsed by former CIA Director & Secretary of Defense—@danielzoughbie warns about the mess to come when we meddle in the Middle East with regime change.

History’s warning is simple: once you destabilize a complex system, you don’t control what comes out. Don't #KickTheHornetsNest

Read more—Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump
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