Wendy Sherman

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“If you’re in negotiations with adversaries…you have to understand their culture, you have to understand what interests they are representing for their country at the table, but also what their own personal psychology is — not to become their analyst, but to understand the things that might press their buttons, the things that might help get progress to move forward, and those things that are going to be big obstacles.” Ambassador Wendy Sherman sat down with Bryn and Nick to talk about being the only woman at the negotiating table, discussing the “red line” in Syria with President Obama, communicating via text message with other colleagues in the room during the Iran deal negations, and why she doesn’t think politics stops at the water’s edge.