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What Are the Consequences of the Trump Administration’s Recent Treaty Withdrawals?
Resorting to treaty withdrawal in response to adverse actions by other parties or decisions by international courts sets a destabilizing precedent.
Planning for ‘Cyber Fallout’ After the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Keep your cyber tools close, your history books closer. For some, the signing of the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal might appear as a “watershed moment” for abating the…
Saudi Arabia Policymakers’ Outlook: How to Convert Financial into Political Clout?
Commentators are now highlighting the Jamal Khashoggi situation as the last in a series of reckless and disruptive activities of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a point…
What a New Terrorist Designation Says About Iranian Action in Bahrain
The State Department’s August 13 designation of Qassim al-Muamen as a terrorist, serves as the latest reminder that Iran’s destabilizing actions are not limited to Iraq, Syria…
Watch Tonight’s Intelligence Squared Debate–Unresolved: U.S. National Security
Just Security is partnering with the debate series Intelligence Squared to bring you a live stream of tonight’s discussion titled, “Unresolved: U.S. National Security.”…
Will Trump Administration Claim Congress Authorized Force against Iran?–Analysis of Existing Statutory Authority and New Proposals
Could recent Trump administration comments indicate an attempt to justify war on grounds beyond Iran’s nuclear program? If so, would the administration be able to make a serious…
No, Making the Iran Deal a Treaty Wouldn’t Have Stopped Trump from Withdrawing from It
Since President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, legal scholars, elected officials, and political commentators have suggested that the non-binding…
Iranian Missiles and Ending the War in Yemen
Above: Seized weapons believed to have been sent by Iran for delivery to Houthi forces in Yemen. Image via US Navy. Yesterday, the Treasury Department levied sanctions against…
With Western Diplomacy Under Assault, Only European Stewardship Can Save It
The “Free World,” as a term for the global community of free-market democracies, owes its origins to Frank Capra’s 1943 propaganda film, Why We Fight, which laid out the…
Just Security Podcast: Laura Rozen on the Iran Deal
On a day that felt like it was dominated by headlines about Gina Haspel, Michael Cohen, and American hostages being freed from North Korea, Al-Monitor Diplomatic Correspondent…
Just Security Podcast: Mike Breen on the US Abandoning the Iran Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room at the White House May 8, 2018. (Photo by Chip…
Bibi’s Strange Iranfomercial Doesn’t Make the Case He Thinks It Does
In 2012, during the negotiations that ultimately led to the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…