Trump could gut the Iran deal—but it was vulnerable all along (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/17/trump-could-gut-the-iran-deal-but-it-was-vulnerable-all-along/

The terror financing risks of America’s $400 million cash payment to Iran (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/the-terror-financing-risks-of-americas-400-million-cash-payment-to-iran/

Fueling terror: The dangers of ransom payments to Iran (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/fueling-terror-the-dangers-of-ransom-payments-to-iran/

To really capitalize on the Iran deal’s successes, Washington and Tehran need to move beyond it (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

For the past 37 years, the issue of Iran has been an unusually consistent one in the American policy debate. The more things change—within Iran and across the region—the more the overarching bilateral issues remain the same. And so it seems with the Iran nuclear deal, finalized a year ago after more than a dozen years of agonizing negotiations and crisis management. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has fulfilled neither the worst fears of its detractors nor the most soaring ambitions of its proponents. All of the concerns that have shaped U.S. policy toward Tehran for more than a generation—terrorism, human rights abuses, weapons of mass destruction, regional destabilization—remain as relevant, and as alarming, as they have ever been. Notably, much the same is true on the Iranian side; the manifold grievances that Tehran has harbored toward Washington since the 1979 revolution continue to smolder.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/07/14-moving-beyond-iran-deal-maloney

Iran’s arbitrary arrests hurt it more than “Westoxication” ever could (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal, Tehran has announced that Iranian-American Siamak Namazi (who has been detained since last October) and three other dual nationals have been charged with unstated crimes. Tehran’s acknowledgement of the charges—and the Obama administration’s anemic response to these arrests to date—underscore that managing tensions in the post nuclear-deal era remains complex, both for Washington and Tehran.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/07/12-iran-arrest-siamak-namazi-maloney

The political implications of transforming Saudi and Iranian oil economies (Emma Borden, Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/06/16-oil-regime-ideology-gulf-borden-maloney

Deception and the Iran deal: Did the Obama administration mislead America, or did the Rhodes profile? (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

Even before the print version was released, Sunday’sNew York Times Magazine profile of Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, provoked a torrent of commentary. The article’s smarmy tone and the unseemly—though hardly unusual—hubris revealed by its subject have generated indignation and a healthy dose of humor from The Washington Post, its Monkey Cage blog, Foreign Policy, The Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, and seemingly half the Washingtonians on Twitter.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/05/11-ben-rhodes-iran-deal-narrative-maloney

Past is prologue? Saudi Arabia’s clumsy oil diplomacy (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

Everything old is new again for Iran and Saudi Arabia. In recent days, a series of diplomatic skirmishes between Tehran and Riyadh has intensified the long simmering tensions between the two heavyweights of the Persian Gulf. The bitter clash over regional influence and energy policy parallels with striking similarity a protracted brawl between the two rivals three decades earlier, which generated a destructive spiral of violence and economic hardship for both countries.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/04/21-saudi-arabia-oil-diplomacy-maloney

Election fallout: What Iran’s vote means for hope and change (and Washington) (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

Iranians went to the polls last week in the first national election since the July 2015 signing of the nuclear deal, and like so many aspects of Iran, the outcome was ambiguous, with partisans from divergent factions claiming success. The one clear winner, at least symbolically, was President Hassan Rouhani, as high turnout and a decisive win in Tehran for the slate he supported vindicate his centrist approach and the tactical alliance that he has nurtured with Iran’s embattled reform movement.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/04-iran-post-election-analysis-maloney

Iran’s Guardians’ Council has approved a record-low percentage of candidates. What will that mean for the upcoming vote? (Emma Borden, Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

Iranians will go to the polls on Friday to choose new representatives for two important governing bodies:the parliament (Majlis-e shoura-ye eslami) and the Assembly of Experts (Majlis-e Khobregan). Perhaps surprisingly, given the Islamic Republic’s track record for domestic repression, elections are a regular feature of Iranian politics. Friday’s ballot marks the 33rd time that Iranians have participated in national elections in the Islamic Republic’s 37-year history. Reviewing this history highlights several important trends that provide insight into what may happen on Friday.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/02/24-iran-elections-candidates-rejected-borden-maloney

The art of doing business with Iran (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/27-doing-business-with-iran-maloney

Done deal: As the Iran nuclear agreement is implemented, sanctions and prisoners are released (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/17-iran-nuclear-deal-sanctions-relief-prisoner-release-maloney

Hot and cold: Understanding Iran’s response to the spat with Saudi Arabia (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/13-iran-response-to-escalation-with-saudi-arabia-maloney

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Un-sanctioning Iran: What the nuclear deal means for the future of sanctions (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/08/03-iran-sanctions-future-nuclear-deal-maloney

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Un-sanctioning Iran: What the nuclear deal means for the future of sanctions (Suzanne Maloney, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/08/03-iran-sanctions-future-nuclear-deal-maloney