ELN Policy Fellow Sahil Shah spoke to the author of the “Diplomatic” newsletter Laura Rozen, suggesting that relative European reticence to date on Iran matter may be partly the result of a desire to not box the Biden team in and what the Europeans may have perceived as mixed signals from Washington about his intentions amid the lack of formal consultations during the U.S. presidential campaign and interregnum. The newsletter can be found here.
ELN Policy Fellow Sahil Shah quoted in “Diplomatic” newsletter
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