i'm sebastian salek. this week, the global implications of the u.s.financial markets and beyond. on monday, tom keene and francine lacqua spoke with the founder of eurasia group, ian bremmer, about what might play out after a u.s. drone strike killed one of iran's top military commanders. tom: where's the strategy? you go right in this. there needs to be a recapitulation, a reinvigoration, of an american strategy on the broader middle east. is it out there somewhere? >> oh, no. but i do think there is more of a pivot from the middle east. i do believe that -- tom: can we afford to leave the middle east? ian: we can afford to leave more than our allies, including in europe and in the middle east. i mean, when the saudis were hit by iran, they were so stunned that the united states didn't do anything to back them up, they started negotiating with the iranians directly. that was the interesting takeaway, that iran ended up in slightly stronger geopolitical position, even if there economy takes a major hit from the u.s. the middle east is clearly going to