On February 4, four senators formally urged Lloyd Austin, the new secretary of defense, to create a special working group to foster more extensive cooperation between Israel and the U.S. in developing advanced military technology. Bradley Bowman explains the importance of creating such an institution:

In Vienna this week, negotiations continue between Washington and Tehran over how to reinstate the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which aimed to restrict the Islamic Republic’s ability to develop the technology necessary for producing atomic bombs. Jacob Nagel and Mark Dubowitz explain the risks of a bad deal: