Sanctions Relief and the ‘Defensive Crouch’

Nahal Toosi reports on the political barriers to sanctions relief:In recent months, as Biden has mulled reducing such penalties against countries such as Venezuela and Iran, he’s run headlong into opposition in Congress. Some lawmakers, knowing the topic will play...

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Let’s Defuse Nuclear War, Together

Sixty years ago this week, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, I was in my mother’s womb. My young, sweet mom was terrified she’d never get to see me be born, as the world teetered on the brink of unimaginable calamity. It’s bewildering to me that nuclear crises bookend...

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