Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i tana mahi i roto i te mahi tūmatanui, ka uru atu a Vershbow ki te Kaunihera o te Moana-a-Kiwa hei Kairangahau Motuhake, i te Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Kua noho ia hei kaitohutohu pāpāho pinepine mo nga take haumarutanga a motu, a, i matapae ko te kawanatanga o Ruhia kaore e whakautu ki te whakaeke a te kawanatanga a Trump ki a Hiria
hei whakautu ki te whakamahinga o nga patu matū a te kawanatanga o Asad i te tau 2017.