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March 8, 2023

Iran Has Successfully Deterred the U.S.

China, Russia, and America’s wishful thinking in the Middle East.

Beginning with his 2020 electoral campaign, Joe Biden and his foreign-policy team have argued for coming to an accommodation with Tehran over its nuclear program. Biden summed up his approach in an essay he wrote two months before the election, in which he asserted, “There’s a smarter way to be tough on Iran” than then-President Trump’s supposed bellicosity. Yet, argues Michael Doran, there seems to be little evidence that the current president’s approach is capable of achieving results:

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