In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss why the Trump administration’s hard-line Iran policy risks isolating Washington more than Tehran, and what the confrontation between Rep. Ilhan Omar and Elliott Abrams, Trump’s special envoy to Venezuela, reveals about the U.S. foreign policy community and accountability in Washington.

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Relevant Articles on WPR:

Iran’s Problems Go Beyond the Current Hard Line From the U.S.

Animosity Between Iran and Europe Could Derail Efforts to Save the Nuclear Deal

Venezuela Could Force a Foreign Policy Reckoning for U.S. Progressives

Ahead of Major Elections, Asian Democracies Grapple With a Torrent of Fake News

The Myths and Realities of European Security in a Post-INF World

Trend Lines is produced and edited this week by Andrew Green, a freelance journalist focusing on health and human rights. You can view his work at theandrewgreen.com.

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