A “free” vote on Capitol Hill is one without negative consequences. Republicans and Democrats can line up with party activists and showboat without risk because they will be unsuccessful. Hard decisions can be sidestepped and political posturing is easy when negative consequences are blocked by the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. Republicans have proven to …
We have a deal!
by | 2015-07-15 | 1 Comment
After months of negotiations, the EU3+3 and Iran have signed a nuclear agreement. Jeffrey was so excited he got up at 3:30 in the morning California time to get a jump on reading the 159 page document. Meanwhile, Europe based Aaron read it over coffee at a cafe outside. All in all, the JCPOA looks …
Monitoring Provisions of the Iran Agreement
by | 2015-07-14 | 5 Comments
This assessment of the core monitoring provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is necessarily hurried and preliminary. I invite ACW readers to weigh in with their comments. The text of key provisions follows my first-cut assessment. The agreement’s provisions are extremely complex and detailed. Reading the fine print brings flashbacks of the most …
Visualizing the Iran Deal
by | 2015-07-14 | 6 Comments
I’ve got a new column up at Foreign Policy on the Iran deal. Sadly, while we made this nice graphic, we couldn’t use it. So, I am sharing it with you here, dear readers. I also think you should read Michael Krepon’s series on the deal: 1, 2.
