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Vali Nasr

Dean of Int'l Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Int'l Studies

Vali Nasr is Dean and Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and the author of The Shia Revival and The Dispensable Nation.
Ideas

Trump's 'Maximum-Pressure' Strategy for North Korea and Iran Will Fail

The combined might of punishing sanctions, diplomatic isolation, or even the threat of war won’t compel surrender from North Korea and Iran.

  • Vali Nasr, The Atlantic
Ideas

What It Would Take for Iran to Talk to Trump

It may not seem like it, but Tehran has a lot to gain from meeting with a U.S. president in search of his own nuclear deal.

  • Vali Nasr, The Atlantic
Ideas

The Iran Regime-Change Crew Is Back

That probably spells doom for the nuclear deal.

  • Vali Nasr, The Atlantic
Threats

Rex Tillerson’s Russian Mission Impossible

The secretary of state is expected to use his visit to Moscow this week to demand Russia break with Assad. This is wishful thinking.

  • Vali Nasr, The Atlantic
Ideas

Trump's Big Test in the Middle East

The president-elect will encounter a region convulsed by change.

  • Vali Nasr, The Atlantic