After the Deal: A New Iran Strategy

Excerpt: “The JCPOA put the world at risk because of its fatal flaws. And they’re worth recounting at some length today, if only for the purpose of ensuring that subsequent arrangements do not repeat them. For example, the weak sunset provisions of the JCPOA merely delayed the inevitable nuclear weapons capability of the Iranian regime. After the countdown clock ran out on the deal’s sunset provisions, Iran would be free for a quick sprint to the bomb, setting off a potentially catastrophic arms race in the region. Indeed, the very brevity of the delay in the Iranian nuclear program itself incentivized Middle Eastern proliferation.”