Sharp relief: Automatic benefits and the Iran nuclear deal
Parties to the Iran nuclear deal should focus on how to normalize their economic relationship in the long term.
Parties to the Iran nuclear deal should focus on how to normalize their economic relationship in the long term.
At the very least, an incremental process of détente might lower political temperatures in the Gulf while winning support from Western leaders.
The survey did not show evidence that the regime is close to collapse.
This week the secretary of state seemed to encourage Yair Lapid’s talk about using force. Is diplomacy dead?
Unfortunately too much time has passed and there may be no compelling reason for either side to return to talks.
Time is wasting, and as Tehran delays, it continues to accumulate enriched uranium and operate advanced centrifuges.
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.
Rejoining the JCPOA was a comparatively straightforward task which is taking too much time and effort to complete.
The author happens to advise Biden-linked consulting firm WestExec, whose client makes the weapons in question.
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.
Arguments against the JCPOA only become comprehensible only when one understands that nuclear nonproliferation is not their goal.
The E3’s failure to stand up to Trump was compounded by a series of miscalculations in the six months since Biden took office.
The administration may be overhauling punitive sanctions — but some countries will still be treated differently than others.
Ebrihim Raisi came out swinging at his first press conference, indicating new challenges ahead for Washington-Tehran diplomacy.
Reporting on potential membership of the SCO further counters the Western narrative that Iran is internationally isolated.
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With a potential prime minister more right wing than Netanyahu, Biden may have an even harder time pressing Tel Aviv for change.
Iran’s support for Palestinian militants is a two-edged sword, as they have their own political and strategic calculations.
Lawmaker uses climate hearing to question the envoy’s honesty about an alleged conversation regarding Israeli airstrikes in Syria.
Proponents of diplomacy with Iran say the measure may have been meant to complicate the ongoing talks in Vienna.