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Apr 27, 2018

Mike Pompeo is the New Secretary of State. Now What?

By Rachel Ansley

The US Senate on April 26 confirmed former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo as the new US Secretary of State.  US President Donald J. Trump picked Pompeo, a known foreign policy hawk on issues from Russia to Iran to North Korea, to replace Rex Tillerson at the State Department on March 13. […]

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Apr 26, 2018

Macron Tried to Convince Trump to Stick to the Iran Deal. Will it Work?

By Barbara Slavin

French President Emmanuel Macron could not have been more explicit in his remarks to a joint session of the US Congress: France will not leave the Iran nuclear deal without something “more substantial” in its place. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the United States. Macron acknowledged the US administration’s reluctance to commit to […]

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Apr 26, 2018

A Way Forward for the Iran Deal

By Mehran Haghirian

As the May 12 deadline approaches for President Donald Trump to renew sanctions waivers in compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), multiple European leaders, as well as the Chinese and Russians, are working to keep the agreement in place. President Emanuel Macron’s three-day State visit to Washington on April 23 was for the same […]

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Apr 26, 2018

Emmanuel Macron’s Balancing Act

By Rachel Brandenburg

French President Macron is performing a delicate balancing act addressing US President Trump’s dissatisfaction with the Iran nuclear deal while seeking to keep the multilateral agreement intact. Trump has been crystal clear since his presidential campaign that he views the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the Iran nuclear agreement – as a “bad deal.” […]

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In the News

Apr 25, 2018

Slavin Quoted in Al Jazeera on Fixation with the ‘Iranian Nuclear Threat’

By Barbara Slavin

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Apr 25, 2018

Slavin Quoted in The Washington Post on Iran Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

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Apr 24, 2018

Slavin in AXIOS: Macron Proposes New, Bigger Iran Deal to Stave Off U.S. Exit

By Barbara Slavin

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Apr 24, 2018

Sunnis in Iran: An Alternate View

By Peyman Asadzade

In her issue brief for the Atlantic Council, “Iran’s Sunnis Resist Extremism, but for How Long?” Scheherezade Faramarzi discusses the current situation of Sunnis in Iran. While Faramarzi’s work is valuable given her fieldwork in Iran, in the view of this author, her piece contains errors and misleading information. I agree with Faramazi that the […]

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Apr 23, 2018

Slavin Quoted in Bloomberg on Iran Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

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In the News

Apr 23, 2018

Slavin Joins i24News to Discuss Iran Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

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