J.D. Vance’s Mixed Signals on Iran

Foreign Affairs

J.D. Vance’s Mixed Signals on Iran

The vice president’s realist impulses sit uneasily alongside reflexive hawkism. 

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As the U.S. and Iran are engaged in a diplomatic effort to avert an all-out war, Vice President J.D. Vance’s recent comments on Iran present a study in contradictions. They exposed...