Adam Smith actually said...

I don't think it makes much sense on a long-term basis, principally because of China, to sort of alienate Delhi in this way.

It is one thing with respect to Iran to go it alone, and we did, and we did it fairly successfully leading up to the nuclear deal.

Maduro has proven amenable to some sort of quid pro quo of sanctions relief for some moves for democratization.

Humanitarian exceptions are important, I would argue, for moral reasons as well as political and strategic reasons.