Why talks with Iran have faltered and what Biden can do to revive them
Easing sanctions on humanitarian grounds would go a long way to show the US is serious about returning to the JCPOA.
Easing sanctions on humanitarian grounds would go a long way to show the US is serious about returning to the JCPOA.
Tehran thinks membership would help deflect US sanctions and get the beat on rival Gulf states now looking East.
Time is wasting, and as Tehran delays, it continues to accumulate enriched uranium and operate advanced centrifuges.
Iran and the Taliban have mutual interests that will favor cooperation despite their long-standing rivalry.
Tehran has a long history with the Pashtuns across the border so their optimism is a bit tempered these days.
In the midst of an economic collapse and an energy crisis, Lebanon has found itself in a tug of war between the United States and Iran.
The shift to the far right in Iran does not appear to have gone too far for the JCPOA to remain on the table.
Ebrahim Raisi promised to create jobs, but it may take more than simply rejoining the JCPOA to do it.
There will likely be a return to a much more historically normal state of global affairs in which multiple players are engaged.
Rejoining the JCPOA was a comparatively straightforward task which is taking too much time and effort to complete.
While he warned about the military industrial complex, he was less restrained when it came to covert interventions, some which reverberate today.
Add Turkey to the mix and see how this is building to become the next step in a strategic security axis against Iran.
Afghanistan could emerge as a venue for Middle Eastern rivalries involving not only Saudi Arabia and Iran, but also Turkey and Qatar.
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With the lowest turnout in its history, the Islamic Republic is moving further away from any sense of democracy.
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The new Iranian administration may agree on a revised JCPOA with the U.S. But if the economic benefits are paltry, political support will drain away.
Officials have announced an ‘end’ to the combat mission, but this appears to be a shift in definitions rather than a real withdrawal.
Arguments against the JCPOA only become comprehensible only when one understands that nuclear nonproliferation is not their goal.
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