William Tobey

William Tobey is a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs was most recently deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
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A protester outside the White House

U.S. and Iranian Choices Are Getting Dangerously Narrow
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Vice President George H.W. Bush at a press conference on April 7, 1983 in Helsinski. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

History Will Remember George H.W. Bush Kindly
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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Kim Got What He Wanted in Singapore. Trump Didn’t.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries on the sidelines of the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province on September 5, 2017. Xi opened the annual summit of BRICS leaders that already has been upstaged by North Korea's latest nuclear weapons provocation. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / WU HONG (Photo credit should read WU HONG/AFP/Getty Images)

A Nuclear Slap in China’s Face
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) expresses his condolences over the death the of the mother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (unseen) before a negotiation session with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) over Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne March 20, 2015, as European Union Political Director Helga Schmid (4-L) looks on. Marathon talks towards an Iran nuclear deal picked up pace as US President Barack Obama appealed to Tehran to seize an "historic" opportunity and begin a "brighter future". AFP PHOTO / POOL /Brian Snyder (Photo credit should read BRIAN SNYDER/AFP/Getty Images)

What Would U.S. Withdrawal From the Iran Nuclear Deal Look Like?
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