Yet the history of arms control demonstrates that controversial agreements are usually reviewed by incoming administrations. On at least three recent occasions, a new president ultimately annulled a landmark agreement that he determined was not serving the interests of the United States or was being violated by an adversary it was meant to restrain.
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The Next President Can Torch Obama’s Iran Deal
The Obama administration says that any nuclear agreement it negotiates between the United States and Iran will be binding on the president’s successors, while nearly every Republican presidential contender has insisted on re-evaluating the agreement, if not jettisoning it all together. Secretary of State John Kerry has rejected such claims, maintaining that future presidents are unlikely to “turn around and just nullify it.”