Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana mahi i roto i te mahi a te iwi, ka uru atu a Vershbow ki te Kaunihera o te Moana-a-Kiwa hei Kaihauturu Motuhake, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Kua noho ia hei kaitohutohu pāpāho pinepine mo nga take haumaru ā-motu, ā, i matapae ia e kore te kāwanatanga o Rūhia e whakautu hōia ki
te whakaeke a te tari Trump ki Hiria hei whakautu ki te whakamahinga o nga patu matū a te kawanatanga o Asad i te tau 2017.