From its nuclear ambitions to state-sponsored terrorism to cyberwarfare, the Islamic Republic of Iran poses a great challenge, and threat, to the United States. And President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year begs the questions: Is revived diplomacy the best way to contain Iran? Or is it time for the U.S. to get tough by relying on extreme sanctions, threats of force, and – if necessary – regime change or military action? =================================== PANELISTS Derek Chollet, Executive Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States & Fmr. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Stephen F. Cohen, Professor of Russian Studies and History Emeritus, New York University
Reuel Marc Gerecht, Senior Fellow, The Foundation for Defense of Democracies & Fmr. CIA Analyst
John J. Mearsheimer, American Political Scientist & Professor, The University of Chicago
Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Strategic Studies =================================== Main Debate: https://youtu.be/2l_lQWaBpCs