Steven Hurst

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    The Iran nuclear deal: driven by international factors for the US, and domestic ones for Iran.

The Iran nuclear deal: driven by international factors for the US, and domestic ones for Iran.

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In July, Iran and the P5+1 reached an historic deal over Iran’s nuclear program. Steven Hurst takes a close look at the factors which explain why Iran and the other key negotiator – the US – were able to come to a deal. He writes that sanctions alone do not explain Iran’s change in policy, and that the US compromise […]

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    Existing narratives of the effects of partisan polarization in Congress on foreign policy issues are too simplistic.

Existing narratives of the effects of partisan polarization in Congress on foreign policy issues are too simplistic.

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Contemporary politics in America have become riven by the high level of partisan polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties. But has this polarization had an impact on foreign policy? In new research that analysis votes in the U.S. House of Representatives over the past 40 years, Steven Hurst and Andrew Wroe find that while the House was polarized […]

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