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Will Trump Destroy the Iran Nuclear Deal?

The diplomatic fallout from President Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran Nuclear Dead will be far and wide. As my podcast guest Spencer Ackerman puts it, this action “cannot be cauterized” from any other aspect of American diplomacy. Ackerman recently...

The Trump Administration has High Praise for this UN Agency

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing massive budget cuts to American support for the United Nations and its agencies. The extent of the cuts will be known when the White House submits its budget request to congress and in all...

The IAEA Faces Big Budget Pressures

Despite it’s high profile, the International Atomic Energy Agency suffers from some of the same funding challenges as many UN agencies. Now that it is at the heart of the Iran nuclear deal, will its member states ease up on...

The IAEA and Iran: How Inspections Work

The nuclear deal with Iran is essentially grand bargain: Iran agreed to curtail its nuclear program in exchange for a gradual easing of international and national sanctions. But as President Obama is fond of saying, the agreement is not based...
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5 Things About the IAEA That May Surprise You

Ed note. A nuclear deal with Iran has been struck!  This post originally appeared in April,  after the framework agreement was signed which lead to yesterday’s diplomatic breakthrough.  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been in the news recently as...

Palestine Will Get Upgraded Status at UN. Then What?

Later this month, the Palestinians will ask the UN General Assembly to upgrade their status at the United Nations to become a non-member observer state.  This would put them on the same membership level as the Vatican. It would not change very much about how the UN operates.