Andrew Bacevich on Obama's Strategy against the So-called Islamic State

Host Per Fagereng speaks with Andrew Bacevich about Obama's strategy against the so-called Islamic State and his recent article Even if we defeat the Islamic State, we’ll still lose the bigger war.

Andrew Bacemich is a political scientist specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history. He is currently the George McGovern fellow at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and he is writing a history of U. S. military involvement in the Greater Middle East.

His most recent book is Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.