Robert Malley

Forestalling such a regional arms race is one key reason why rejoining the JCPOA is in our interest.

The only real solution here is a diplomatic one.

Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and it uses its revenues to those ends.

It is clear. 1701 are words on paper; they are not going to be translated on the ground, and they are not going to be translated anytime soon.

Lebanon is too weak, too vulnerable, too susceptible to destabilization to afford grand aspirations.

We should support [Saudi Arabia], but not enable.

This is far too dangerous to continue. We need to preserve the stability.

What happens in Lebanon will quickly spread to Syria, and vice versa.

How do we get to this broader problem of the Middle East? We are going to have to do what we are doing to try to push back, but we have to get engaged in diplomacy.

We should not be promoting instability.

Instability, chaos, that is what benefits Iran.