The World Is Safer Without the JCPOA || Debate #2

The Trump administration's decision to pull the United States out of the JCPOA, colloquially called the Iran nuclear deal, has received mixed reviews. Some say Iran wasn’t really complying with the terms and that the deal gave too much away from the outset with the easing of sanctions. Others disagree, saying the multilateral agreement was the global community’s best shot at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Which side is right? Is the world safer without the JCPOA?

Michael Doran - Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute & Fmr. Sr. Director, National Security Council
Reuel Marc Gerecht - Senior Fellow, The Foundation for Defense of Democracies & Fmr. CIA Case Officer
Bernard Haykel - Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Brett McGurk - Fmr. Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
Barbara Slavin - Director, The Future of Iran Initiative, The Atlantic Council