On October 20, Matthew Kroenig spoke on a panel hosted by the Brookings Institution. The panel, titled “Iran and North Korea: Proliferation and Regional Challenges for the Next Administration,” focused on threats the next US administration will need to consider and how to build international and domestic support for countering those threats.
There is a sense that Iran is waiting out this election and that they are hopeful that they can get a better deal … so they are not coming to the table now.
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