US sanctions aim to create a “coalition of the unwilling” to isolate Iran. The effectiveness of Team Trump’s approach is TBD, but the accumulation of additional anti-American grievances among other world powers is a certainty. https://t.co/33evSDODIU

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) August 7, 2018

“Trump has irritated allies, opened a new avenue for Russian & Chinese influence, strengthened hard-liners in Iran, & heightened the chances that they’ll revive Iran’s nuclear program—all…in pursuit of the pipe dream [of regime change.]”

Read @fmkaplan https://t.co/E4NnmtH7GA

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) August 8, 2018