Martin O'Malley (Middle East)

O'Malley's Middle East (section page)

Foreign Policy

• Adapt national security institutions to better anticipate fast-emerging threats (MOW-FP)
• "Engage with a new generation of leaders from different walks of life—often in hostile environments where we lack historic ties; where we lack relationships" (MOW-FP)]
• Create a more far-sighted and proactive foreign policy based on engagement and collaboration (MOW-FP)]

Iran

• "Negotiations are the best way to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon" (MOW-FP)]
  • Supports a verifiable, enforceable, tightly-monitored nuclear deal

ISIS

• "Containing, degrading, and defeating ISIS will require an integrated approach" (MOW-FP)]
  • Focus on both military power and political solutions
  • Amplify credible, local voices in the region and counter ISIS propaganda
  • Encourage the Iraqi government to govern more inclusively

Israel

• Supports a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine (PBS)

Syria

• Opposes a no-fly zone over Syria (CNN)
• Believes that the U.S. should accept 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016 (CNN)