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Episode #069: For the Love of Money (feat. Julian Pecquet)

by Phil & Cooper Thursday, Sep. 13, 2018

Phil and Cooper speak with Al-Monitor’s Washington Editor, Julian Pecquet, about this week’s release of the annual series The Influence Game – an incisive research project on how Middle East lobbying plays a role in shaping US foreign policy. Julian and our hosts talk about the Gulf’s dwindling influence war on Qatar, Turkey’s bad investment and other issues.

Please be sure to register online for free to access the Influence Game as well as Al-Monitor’s archive of thousands of great articles.

Music: Rachid Taha - Barra Barra (iTunes | Spotify)

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