Hello my name is David Ronsman and this is Talking Politics. Today we are going to revisit

the international order and what's left of it and talk about what's been going on since

we were last there. So that means Iran, Israel, Korea, NATO, Europe, America, Helen,

Aaron, Chris, help.

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So to try and help us make sense of this all we have got Helen Thompson. It's a pleasure to

welcome back Aaron Rapport, Chris Bikotens here with us too. I thought we should probably start with

Iran which may be the biggest part of this whole story and Helen correct me if I'm wrong but my

memory when we talked about Obama's legacy and what we had modern didn't admire about the Obama

administration and you have mixed feelings about Obama's record but the thing that you said you really

did admire was the Iran deal. What used to be called the Iran deal. It's a dueregrate it's passing.

I don't know whether I regret it's passing but I do know that I've changed my mind about not for

the first time because I recall that I gave that answer to you after you'd pressed me a few weeks

before and I'd said healthcare and then changed my mind to the nuclear deal and now I'm changing my mind.

Again I think that one thing that is clear regardless of what one thinks about the content of it that

it now is obvious that it was not something that in terms of domestic American politics was

very secure because of the fact it was done by executive agreement and it wasn't done by treaty.

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