Failure of US-Iran talks was all too predictable — but turning to military strikes creates dangerous unknowns
- Written by Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, Professor of International Relations, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto; USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
When it came to U.S.-Iran talks, the writing was on the wall.Mohammadali Najib/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesThree rounds of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran failed to persuade President Donald Trump that a solution to the two countries’ nuclear impasse lay in diplomacy, rather than military action. A perceived lack of...