The deadline for President Trump to re-certify the Iran nuclear deal and issue a waiver for sanctions is less than two weeks away. All signs point to President Trump declining to grant that waiver, which could kick off a period of heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran. But what comes next? And what does confrontation mean for the oil market? Oilprice.com decided to put some of these questions to Richard Nephew, who was the Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State for the Obama administration from 2013-2015. He served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran on the nuclear deal. He is the author of The Art of Sanctions , and he is currently a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Oilprice.com: It seems likely at this point that the Trump administration is going […]