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The Trump administration announced new sanctions this week against companies related to Iran’s metals industry as the Islamic nation said they are looking to enrich uranium to 20%. With President-elect Joe Biden taking office, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon hopes that the new administration will keep sanctions in place until Iran ceases its progress and renounces plans of acquiring nuclear weapons.
Biden has said that he would like to form a new agreement with Iran to deal with their nuclear aspirations. A previous agreement was reached in 2015 when Biden was vice president under President Barack Obama. President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the multi-nation agreement, which Israel opposed before the U.S. ever joined it.
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Americaâs current domestic perils discard the urgency of the North Korean dilemma
2020.12.31 10:00am
With President-elect Joe Bidenâs first term in the Oval Office coming up, President Donald Trumpâs last term is coming to a close, and with it the expectation of some practical improvement in nuclear weapons negotiations with North Korea.
TRUMP’S LEGACY
Trumpâs persona and distinct instability as a leader offered what analysts call an “opportunity” to apply the maximum pressure approach towards North Korean denuclearization.Â
His attempt at wooing Kim Jong Un through the Singapore and Hanoi Summits tragically failed, instead acting as the starting point of heightened tensions between the two. The summits did little at all in terms of arms control, and North Korean provocations against South Korea continued without fail throughout the Trump presidency.Â