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NationofChange Unforced errors have set back the Biden administration’s diplomacy with Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, and China. President Biden took office promising a new era of American international leadership and diplomacy. But with a few exceptions, he has so far allowed self-serving foreign allies, hawkish U.S. interest groups and his own imperial delusions to undermine diplomacy and stoke the fires of war. Biden’s failure to quickly recommit to the Iran nuclear deal, ...

Senate Democrats unlikely to take on Biden administration over re-entry to Iran nuclear deal Senate Democrats unlikely to take on Biden administration over re-entry to Iran nuclear deal “The administration will be questioned or criticized by some Democrats on the Hill, but it will move forward just as in 2015, without regard to their worries," said Elliott Abrams, former U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran in the Trump administration (April 23, 2021 / JNS) Moderate Democrats in...

values. It is separate from the newsroom. April 23, 2021, 7:31 p.m. ET Credit...Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by Doug Mills/The New York Times and RelaxFoto.de, via Getty Images Nuclear talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States and Iran back into compliance with the Iran nuclear deal, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are said to be making progress, which is good news. But there have been predictable roadblocks. Israel, which is not a party t...

Joe Biden Moderate Democrats in Congress who have not shown enthusiasm for the United States re-entering the Iran nuclear deal—officially, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA—may not have much leverage if an agreement is reached with Iran in recent efforts to rejoin it. Even when the original plan was entered into under the Obama administration in 2015, it was not supported by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ben Cardin (D...

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies / April 22nd, 2021 Biden with NATO’s Stoltenberg (Photo credit: haramjedder.blogspot.com) President Biden took office promising a new era of American international leadership and diplomacy. But with a few exceptions, he has so far allowed self-serving foreign allies, hawkish U.S. interest groups and his own imperial delusions to undermine diplomacy and stoke the fires of war. Biden’s failure to quickly recommit to the Iran nuclear deal, or JCPOA, ...

Santa Clarita Congressman Garcia Signs As Co-Sponsor Of Maximum Pressure Act  Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, signed on as an original co-sponsor of the Maximum Pressure Act, Wednesday which would restore the “successful” maximum pressure strategy employed by the Trump Administration.  This bill comes at the same time as the Biden administration and congressional Democrats are planning to get rid of the current leverage on Iran and re-enter the failed Joint Comprehensive Plan of...

‘Private citizen’ Pompeo asserts himself as counterforce to Biden on Iran and Taiwan Bryan Lowry and Michael Wilner, The Kansas City Star © Yuri Gripas/ABACA//Yuri Gripas/TNS Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks along with members of the Republican Study Committee to introduce the Maximum Pressure Act against Iran on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2021. WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is inserting himself into some of the Biden a...

Iran nuclear deal: Signs of progress but doubts linger The US has hinted at sanctions relief for Iran, though it conceded a conclusion to the nuclear deal talks is a long way off. Joe Biden will find stiff Republican opposition should he wish to offer Tehran respite. The US and Iran remain far apart as mediators seek some middle ground. The United States and Iran are still far apart as the pair seek a way of resurrecting the 2015 nuclear deal, a State Department official said on Wednesday. Di...

News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Pompeo Joins House Republicans to Unveil Iran Sanctions Bill The bill would expand sanctions on Iran and block Biden from rejoining the nuclear deal Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with House Republicans in Washington on Wednesday to throw his support behind a piece of legislation that would expand sanctions on Iran and block President Biden from lifting sanctions that are already in place without congressional approval. The legisla...

Photo credit: haramjedder.blogspot.com - Biden with NATO’s Stoltenberg By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies President Biden took office promising a new era of American international leadership and diplomacy. But with a few exceptions, he has so far allowed self-serving foreign allies, hawkish U.S. interest groups and his own imperial delusions to undermine diplomacy and stoke the fires of war.  Biden’s failure to quickly recommit to the Iran nuclear deal, or JCPOA, as Senator Sanders...