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The Case Against the Iran Deal
Reviving the JCPOA will ensure either the emergence of a nuclear Iran or a desperate war to stop it.
January 21, 2021
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Proponents of the Iran nuclear agreement are sounding the alarm. In 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and since then, Iran has increased the quality and quantity of its uranium enrichment well beyond what the deal allows. Recently, it has even begun enriching uranium to 20 percent, a short distance away from weapons-grade. Iran, JCPOA advocates say, is closer today to producing a bomb than it was in 2015, when the deal was concluded. Only the deal’s renewal, they insist, can prevent the nightmare of a nuclear Iran.
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Biden needs clear strategy to end US’ tit-for-tat approach
Nadim Shehadi
January 20, 2021 00:11
Joe Biden and his wife Jill take the stage in front of their campaign train during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept. 30, 2020. (Reuters)
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A multipolar world is one of competing visions, strategies and actions. During inauguration week in the US, there is much speculation about the new administration’s worldview and the position of the Middle East in that context.
How seriously one can take US election campaign promises? In the heat of the moment, candidates trash their opponent’s policies and promise to dismantle or reverse them. But is there a vision behind all this? The US’ allies in the region have existential stakes in the matter and are on the edge of their seats in anticipation.
Alireza Nader: Canada has a limited window to get concessions from Iran Special to National Post © Provided by National Post Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 14, 2020. Canada’s relations with the Islamic Republic in Iran appear to be getting more difficult by the day, after a Canadian government report on Ukraine Airline Flight 752, which was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in January 2020 , criticized the Islamist regime for denying responsibility for the plane’s destruction. The report alleges that Tehran has refused to conduct its investigation in “a truly independent, objective and transparent manner.” Canadian officials, the report further states
The Gulf Reconciliation: A Resounding Qatari Victory, Or A Temporary Truce In The Gulf?
January 19, 2021 | By Y. Yehoshua
Introduction
The summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held on January 5, 2021 in the Saudi city of Al-Ula, announced a reconciliation among the Gulf countries and the start of a new era in the region. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, known as the Arab Quartet, ended their economic and diplomatic boycott of Qatar that lasted more than three years. Led by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the move to lift the boycott was mediated by Kuwait and followed heavy pressure from the outgoing Trump administration, especially from Trump s son-in-law Jared Kushner. To date, the understandings that led to the Gulf reconciliation have not been disclosed.
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