Jamal Abdi, Author at Responsible Statecraft

Jamal Abdi

Jamal Abdi is President of the National Iranian American Council and the founder and executive director of its sister organization, NIAC Action. Jamal previously served as a policy advisor in the U.S. Congress on foreign policy, national security and immigration issues and prior to that as a campaign field director. He received his B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle and has written for The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and USA Today and is a frequent contributor for broadcast outlets including CNN, NPR, and BBC.

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U.S. Foreign Policy

June 24, 2020

Biden can reverse Trump’s failures on Iran

Some are clamoring for Biden to leverage Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, but that’s a fool’s errand.

by Jamal Abdi and Ryan Costello