Robert Malley

We are seeking a return to the JCPOA, but I want to make it clear, as I sit today, the odds of a successful negotiation are lower than the odds of failure.

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

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

How could Saudi Arabia do this? It is making us look bad. It is making us look like puppets.

instability, chaos, that is what benefits Iran.

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.

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

We should not be promoting instability.

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.

Sanctions are not going to diminish Hezbollah's power.

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