Joost Hiltermann manages a team of analysts based in Amman and Beirut conducting research in the Middle East and writing policy-focused reports on the factors that increase the risk of and drive armed conflict.
The crisis in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are Crisis Group's two priorities in the region, but research is conducted as well in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
Joost Hiltermann speaks with Senior Editor Paul Jay in a two-part interview.
The Bush administration is building permanent bases. There is no possibility that they will leave before the country has been pumped dry, of oil, that is. Is that so hard for you to get?
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