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Analysis | Europe to the Rescue: Saving the Iran Deal

Analysis | Europe to the Rescue: Saving the Iran Deal

Cameron Vaské
Defense Policy, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, MENA, MESA, Security Affairs, United States, Iran, JCPOA, European Union, European Foreign Policy

Despite Trump’s apparent drive to torpedo the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), often referred to as the Iran Deal, President Macron seemed cautiously optimistic about the prospect that the United States would remain party to the deal, suggesting the development of an add-on deal or revised JCPOA which would address ancillary concerns in Washington. But the Europeans will have to do much more to save the Iran Deal and bring lasting peace between Brussels, Washington, and Tehran.

Analysis | Operation Olive Branch: Turkey's Afrin Offensive

Analysis | Operation Olive Branch: Turkey's Afrin Offensive

Pranav Jain
American Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, Foreign Policy, Kurdistan, MENA, Security Affairs, Terrorism, United States, Turkey, Syria, MESA

As ISIS crumbles in the Levant and the variety of anti-ISIS operations reach their crescendo, the Syrian civil war appears to have acquired yet an additional degree of complexity—Operation Olive Branch, a Turkish military campaign against Syrian Kurdish forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces.