GPF Team

Earlier this week, President Trump declared the U.S. would pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which is better known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. This follows the administration’s decisions to leave the Paris Climate Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and enter into NAFTA renegotiations.

How does this affect how the U.S. is seen by allies and adversaries alike?

A “cease-fire” in a “trade war,” an illness in Palestine, a review of the Koreas

North Korea wavers on summit, Iraqi election results are in

Pyongyang thinks a deal is possible that would end the standoff largely on its own terms.

Minor skirmishes there erupt every so often, but they have never escalated to all-out war.

All sides have a vested interest in keeping the agreement intact.