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John Allen Gay

Director

John Quincy Adams Society

John Allen Gay is executive director of the John Quincy Adams Society, a national network of student groups centered on a vision of foreign policy restraint.

He is a former managing editor of the National Interest, where his writing focused on U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East. He is coauthor, with Geoffrey Kemp, of War with Iran: Political, Military, and Economic Consequences. He holds a master’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the College of William & Mary.

ExplainerIran, Middle East

After “maximum pressure”: returning to deterrence and diplomacy with Iran

By John Allen Gay

February 16, 2021

The highest U.S. priority vis-à-vis Iran is avoiding an unnecessary war This year will see new presidents in both the […]

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