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Watch Webinar – Iran at the Endgame


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As U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran continue, officials are exploring a diplomatic off-ramp to end the conflict. Yet as military operations continue and daylight remains between diplomatic positions, questions remain about whether an agreement is possible—and, if so, on what terms—let alone desirable.

To discuss the prospects for diplomacy, the risks of negotiations versus escalation, and how this war might end, JINSA hosted a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Scholar and former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Amb. Eric Edelman, JINSA Iran Policy Project Member and former U.S. Special Representative for Iran Elliott Abrams, and JINSA Senior Advisor and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security & Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker.

The discussion was moderated by JINSA Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal.



Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams a member of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project and the former U.S. Special Representative for Iran, as well as the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.

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Amb. Eric Edelman

Amb. Eric Edelman is a Distinguished Scholar at JINSA and the co-chair of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project Amb. Edelman is the former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and a former member of the U.S. Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.

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Stephen Rademaker

Stephen Rademaker is a Senior Advisor at JINSA and the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. He also served as the Deputy Legal Advisor to the U.S. National Security Council.

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Blaise Misztal

Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. Misztal previously was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and has held roles as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States and Director of the National Security Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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