Europe, Iran and the Middle East: squaring the circle of complexity
This would also provide a response to Iranian citizens and their everyday frustration regarding the JCPOA having hijacked their country’s foreign policy for too long a
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Iran: one notable leap for the EU, one insufficient step for the nuclear deal
It is also a signal of painful, but real readiness to break the long-established auto-pilot mode of operation in transatlantic relations.
Engaging Iran – not isolating it – is essential to Middle East stability
Joining Mogherini in boycotting the summit, Russia, Turkey, Qatar, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon also declined to participate, further highlighting the fallacy of Iran’s supposed international isolation.
How should the EU deal with illegal extraterritorial sanctions?
The Union has launched countermeasures contained in the so-called EU ‘Blocking Statute’ of summer 2018.
Iran’s Leadership After Trump Abandons The JCPOA
How will Trump’s unilateralism affect the balance of power in Iranian politics?
What it will take to keep the deal alive
The U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement between Iran and the EU/E3+3 constitutes a strong rejection of multilateralism by the Trump administration and leaves the remaining parties of the agreement with the challenge to safeguard its survival. Europe has been ascribed a leading role in this quest, as it has arguably a much greater stake […]