Guest my pleasure. Host lets begin with a piece you wrote for the washington post. White house on the brink of its first foreignpolicy crisis, and you write, striking the balance between the threats and offering a radiance a way out is a challenge before the administration now. One possibility might be to propose that the french host a meeting between the parties of their ran nuclear deal with the aim of discussing the Iranian Nuclear program and dangers. How likely is that . Guest i think right now it is probably not that likely. The iranians feel that there policy of maximum pressure on us in response to maximum pressure we are putting on them is working. They dont feel they are isolated internationally. They are paying a price economically, but they are putting a lot of pressure on americas friends and interests in the region. Their expectation is that at some point we will back down. I dont think the administration is likely to back down now. That creates a dangerous situation. It
Our situation now is a critical one. A study that provides a sort of general metric for historians, citizens, anybody who wants to learn about the history of this particular topic, which is president ial misdoings, it is a way of getting into the subject. I have to point out that historians themselves dont study misconduct as a discrete topic. They dont consider this a subject about which they give courses or lead graduate students to do research and in preparation for dissertation and so on. It has bubbled up twice in the last 45 years but doesnt seem to have any academic or any other consequences. Host before we get into the why, you suggested this is a valuable time to do Something Like this, and obviously your publisher agreed and others involved agreed. What are you saying about the times we are in . James i think since the Nixon Administration, this is the second constitutional crisis we have had, and one of this depth. Susan the Trump Presidency . James the Trump Presidency, whi