Helen Klein Murillo // 6/4/17 //
Compare the Trump administration’s use of economic sanctions against foreign countries to those of past administrations using a new data visualization tool available on Lawfare.
Hassan Rouhani’s election victory in Iran is unlikely to strengthen the leader, but the Trump administration should not be dismissive of the result and should heed Rouhani’s message about the benefits of direct negotiation with the regime, argues Suzanne Maloney (Lawfare).
President Trump announced that he would not move the U.S.’s Israel embassy to Jerusalem at this time (NYT).