Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @LawDavF: This is going to be the big issue. In the end US sanctions are directed against Europe. If Europe resists and continues with d… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ishaantharoor: Important details here from @yarbatman. White House gets accused of having no strategy, but it has rather clearly contri… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dassakaye: Will Europe take action to protect its companies? https://t.co/ledxPPA4ya — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @james_acton32: No. JCPOA withdrawal is significantly worse. Iran is in compliance with JCPOA, according to US intelligence community. N… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @julianborger: French president warns of collapse of NPT nuclear non-proliferation regime. https://t.co/e7aXplh8lj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JeremyCliffe: Germany's debate on transatlantic relations since Nov '16 has been split between the "maintain close links & prep for pos… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blakehounshell: Terrific https://t.co/vH4LSCeH9Z — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lrozen: thread from veteran US diplomat https://t.co/6MALBrwnGJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ProfSaunders: A good time to read @KSchultz3580 on the national security implications of partisan polarization in @TWQgw https://t.co/6… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kellymagsamen: As someone who spent years of her life putting in place sanctions on Iran under Bush and Obama, I am horrified by the de… — PolitiTweet.org

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It just makes my head spin that these two things are happening literally simultaneously, and we are unable to apply… https://t.co/8X3cPHEN89 — PolitiTweet.org

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Last year, on a reporting trip though a few European capitals, something I heard over and over from European foreig… https://t.co/QYw9dtXPsL — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s never quite been clear to me why this point is so widely misunderstood. https://t.co/YO9GHns3Oh — PolitiTweet.org

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That said, without inspections — and with hardliners likely ascendant in Tehran — it's also easy to imagine Iran de… https://t.co/ZPiu4ZAgss — PolitiTweet.org

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Impossible to say but I think this is likeliest: • Iran kicks out inspectors • Euros don’t sanction • Iran rushes… https://t.co/ATfEAtYEox — PolitiTweet.org

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"The scrutiny carried out by officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency is a key component of the agreemen… https://t.co/vnreC9mAPe — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ArmsControlWonk: On the bright side, the US withdrew from the ABM treaty in Dec. 2001 and suspended implementation of the Agreed Framew… — PolitiTweet.org

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This one bit of American mythology — that Reagan laser-eyed the Soviets into submission, when in fact they underwen… https://t.co/P8hhjWNHfU — PolitiTweet.org

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@Vinncent Yes agreed. @JyShapiro calls this “the American omnipotence problem,” which is a great coinage imo https://t.co/XqGJMQhX0j — PolitiTweet.org

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@ahadrk @ishaantharoor Yes exactly. In most cases, including this one, “withdraw” and “violate” go hand-in-hand, so… https://t.co/GfxqABnSW5 — PolitiTweet.org

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@ishaantharoor I didn’t mean it as a corrective! IMO it’s a valid question worth thinking through, just sharing my own thoughts on it — PolitiTweet.org

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@ishaantharoor Then again, it’s easy for readers to miss or not understand that the US is willfully violating the t… https://t.co/MQFxSGWkFx — PolitiTweet.org

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@ishaantharoor I have mixed feelings on this. Language for North Korean exits from arms control agreements was usua… https://t.co/1AZ79WsLrw — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mhanham: The US keeps underestimating Iranian and North Korean WMD capabilities. Politicians think they have time to pass the buck to t… — PolitiTweet.org

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There are hardline factions in every US adversary that argue this: Don’t trust the Americans, they will never follo… https://t.co/vnKUb8JTeY — PolitiTweet.org

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So I return to my original question: What does the Trump administration believe to be the point of sanctions? Impo… https://t.co/Xd59oR8Jjq — PolitiTweet.org

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Sanctions only work if the target country believes that changing its behavior will get those sanctions lifted. But… https://t.co/4JjA4t4ZG4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course, the idea that sanctions are a coercive tool for changing the target’s behavior has been lost in Washingt… https://t.co/5L1Il0TikE — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s the galaxy brain situation we’ve gotten ourselves into with Iran, and it is the message we send to any other… https://t.co/HhIQcchQgz — PolitiTweet.org

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In that scenario, two things are going to happen. First, you’re going to train the dog to deliberately pee on the r… https://t.co/qQ9apgNmd6 — PolitiTweet.org