US strikes on Iran jeopardize the long game on nuclear deterrence

Action hurt the IAEA and gave smaller nations incentives to develop nuclear weapons

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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi waits for an emergency meeting of the agency’s Board of Governors to discuss the situation in Iran following the U.S. attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities, at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025.  © Reuters

Sohini Chatterjee is an international attorney. She was an appointee and senior official in the administrations of U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden and a former adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

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