Kroenig in The American Interest: How to Unwind the Iran Nuclear Deal

New Atlanticist
Jul 1, 2025

The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

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Kimberly Donovan

To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.

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Kroenig in The American Interest: How to Unwind the Iran Nuclear Deal

New Atlanticist
Jun 26, 2025

What really happened to Fordow? Three possible futures for Iran’s nuclear program after US strikes.

By
Amir Asmar

The condition of Fordow will have a direct impact on the likelihood of Iran giving up its nuclear program versus resuming its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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Kroenig in The American Interest: How to Unwind the Iran Nuclear Deal

Fast Thinking
Jun 24, 2025

The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

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Atlantic Council

A tentative cease-fire is underway in the war between Iran and Israel. But where did the conflict leave Iran, Israel, and the United States?

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Oct 8, 2024

A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Feb 11, 2016

Kroenig in The American Interest: How to Unwind the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Matthew Kroenig

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In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Bloomberg View Features Atlantic Council Iran Conference

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Feb 10, 2016

Slavin in Voice of America: Have Russia and Iran ‘Won’ in Syria?

By Barbara Slavin

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Event Recap

Feb 9, 2016

Great Rifts: Political and Economic Ramifications of the Iran-Saudi Divide

By South Asia Center

Over a month after the Saudi execution of a prominent Shi’ite leader and the subsequent Iranian despoiling of the Saudi embassy, the rift between the two major Middle Eastern powers continues to roil regional diplomacy. On February 9, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative hosted a discussion about the impact of the rift […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2016

Saudi Offer to Deploy Troops to Syria ‘Turns the Tables’ on the United States

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Plan seen taking heat off Gulf Arab states over role in war on ISIS, putting onus on the United States to do more Saudi Arabia’s offer to deploy ground troops to fight the Islamic State in Syria is seen as putting pressure on the Obama administration—which has been urging its Arab Gulf partners to ramp […]

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In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Ghaddar in NOW Media News: Iran Won Lebanon

By Hanin Ghaddar

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In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Koranyi Quoted by Trend on Iran’s Oil Market in Europe

By David Koranyi

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Iran

In the News

Feb 4, 2016

LobeLog Features Atlantic Council Iran Event

By Atlantic Council

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Feb 4, 2016

Vakhshouri Joins Middle East Institute For Event on Iran Nuclear Deal

By Sara Vakhshouri

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New Atlanticist

Feb 3, 2016

Americans and Iranians Grappled Long Before the Nuclear Talks

By Mitch Hulse

‘Sports diplomacy’ laid the groundwork for detente, says US official Decades before the United States and Iran agreed on the historic nuclear deal, international sports federations were working together to break down diplomatic barriers and prejudices between the two countries. Since 1998, wrestling rings and volleyball courts in Tehran and California—not Washington conference rooms—have been […]

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