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2022 January

Prospects of a Nuclear Deal with Iran

Richard Nephew, U.S. deputy special envoy for Iran, left the administration this weekend as negotiations between the United States and Iran reach a critical point. Nephew’s departure suggests trouble for the Biden team’s effort to restore a nuclear agreement with Iran. Doing so is a pillar of President Biden’s foreign policy, reversing his predecessor’s decision...

Looming War in Ukraine?

After three failed efforts last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov tomorrow in perhaps a final attempt to peaceably resolve a military standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The alternatives hazard violence and political upheaval on a scale unseen since the Cold War.  In 2014, Ukrainian president and Russian...