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How the Iran Deal Can Fall Apart
(Washington Post) Daniel W. Drezner - One implicit assumption about the Iran nuclear deal is that there will be a finished deal come June 30 - or Sept. 30, when the inevitable three-month extension is added. However, I can see at least five ways that this framework crumbles before it gets implemented. There is disagreement over the sanctions timetable. Each side could sabotage the other with its domestic sales pitch. The regional situation might melt down further. The Sunni Arab states remain unconvinced. And a new U.S. administration could cancel the deal, as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential Republican presidential contender, has stated. The writer is a professor of international politics at Tufts University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.