[T]he fraternal interaction among fans from dozens of countries and the local public reminded us that isolationism is not the dominant sentiment among 349 million Americans.
The Iranian regime remains capable of funding its power mechanisms and suppressing opposition, while the United States ... suffers from limited political space.
The summits are not endpoints. They are the mechanism by which two countries, which can neither resolve their differences nor afford to rupture them, manage the interval between crises.