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In The Media

The E.R.: Decoding the Iran Deal

This podcast examines the key parts of the Iran deal and President Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy in the Middle East.

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By David Rothkopf
Published on Sep 9, 2015

Source: Foreign Policy

On the the heels of the advancement of the Iran deal, FP Group CEO and Editor David Rothkopf sits down at the Editor’s Roundtable (The E.R.) with Foreign Policy columnists Rosa Brooks and Kori Schake, and historian and FP contributor Robert Kagan. The conversation breaks down the key parts of the Iran deal and President Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy in the Middle East. What are U.S. interests in the region? What’s ahead in terms of the Iran deal and how it will affect surrounding countries? This episode of The E.R. explores these pressing issues that are rocking today’s news headlines and political conversations.

Rosa Brooks teaches international law, national security, and constitutional law at Georgetown University. Follow her on Twitter: @brooks_rosa.

Kori Schake is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution where she focuses on military history. She is a former foreign policy adviser to Sen. John McCain. Follow her on Twitter: @KoriSchake.

David Rothkopf is the CEO and editor of FP Group. Follow him on Twitter: @djrothkopf.

This podcast is available on Foreign Policy's website.

About the Author

David Rothkopf

Former Visiting Scholar

David Rothkopf was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment as well as the former CEO and editor in chief of the FP Group.

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