Suzanne Maloney
American scholar of Iran, vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution; earlier a member of the US State Department's policy planning staff and author of Iran's Political Economy since the Revolution (2015).
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Their wordsI'm profoundly skeptical of @VP 's 'cautious optimism.' Much like the calculus that drove @POTUS ' decision to launch the war, the case betrays a simplistic understanding of the Islamic Republic & the forces that have sustained its aggression vs the US, its neighbors & its people.
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Their wordsThe unfortunate reality is that Trump is right to push hard for a deal; all the alternatives are profoundly suboptimal for the US. We're not going to bluff our way out of this stalemate.
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Their wordsIt appears US partners in the Gulf have persuaded Trump (correctly) that US escalation can't succeed in forcing Iran to capitulate at an acceptable cost or timeline.
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsAlso worth remembering that the Islamic Republic has had fractious elite politics since its inception. It’s a feature not a bug. Fierce ideological, institutional & interpersonal competition has shaped Iranian policies but to date hasn’t broken the system itself.
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Their wordsreverting to rambling social media posts w/wild threats only underscores the bankruptcy of this administration’s strategy in a war of choice that so far has had disastrous geopolitical & economic fallout.
- 4 weeks earlier
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Their wordsAnother counterproductive Trump move: gutting @StateDept expertise on Iran
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Their wordsSo we could’ve had a nuclear deal w/verified limits on Iran’s nuclear activities but @POTUS thought he could get a better deal. And never did.
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Their wordsAll the adverse consequences of US-Israeli war in Iran were easily foreseeable