The Dan Abrams Podcast with Richard Nephew

About this episode

Dan Abrams interviews Richard Nephew about the ceasefire deal with Iran and its implications compared to the Obama administration's agreement.

On this week’s episode, Dan is joined by Richard Nephew: Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, former Deputy Special Envoy for Iran, and leading expert on Iran’s nuclear program. They discuss the ceasefire deal with Iran and President Trump, posing the questions: are we in a better place today than we were with the deal Obama had signed? How does this potentially resolve itself?  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Dan Abrams

Guest: Richard Nephew

Topics covered

• Iran nuclear program
• ceasefire deal
• U.S. foreign policy
• Trump administration
• Obama administration
• energy policy

Keywords

• Iran
• nuclear program
• ceasefire
• Trump
• Obama
• foreign policy
• energy policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia University, Center for Global Energy Policy

Places: Iran, United States

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