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President Donald Trump might soon toss the Iran nuclear deal back to Congress to decide its fate — but it’s no sure thing that lawmakers would kill it for good.
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If the Trump administration makes good on its threat to pull out of the Iranian nuclear deal, the fallout will spread to North Korea where the possibility of any kind of diplomatic solution, which most experts see as the only viable path, will evaporate.
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As the Trump administration’s May 17 decision to extend sanctions waivers related to Iran’s nuclear program clearly attests, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is working—even in the eyes of its harshest critics. But several upcoming events—including the Iranian presidential election, Trump’s first overseas trip and potential Iran-related action in Congress—could change this picture. In isolation, each has the potential to stress, or even unravel, the multinational agreement that has successfully constrained Iran’s nuclear program through diplomacy and without recourse to war.
[ More ]As the reality of Donald Trump's White House win sinks in among nuclear deal opponents, some are insisting that pulling out of the agreement is unwise. Instead, they say, Trump should step up enforcement of the deal, look for ways to renegotiate it, and pursue measures to punish Iran for its non-nuclear misbehavior. Such a multi-pronged, get-tough approach may even give Trump cover to fend off any criticism he may get for keeping the deal.
[ More ]The author disputes the allegations put forward in recent piece in the New York Times that the arms control industry was misled by the Obama administration in their support of the Iran nuclear deal.
[ More ]The author argues that while the Iran deal is flawed and has at best a 50-50 chance of success it will still buy the U.S. and its allies some time to deal with the Iran problem and is therefore better than nothing.
[ More ]Former U.S. Senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn recount their experience with negotiating nuclear deals to make the case for accepting the Iran deal, finding that "this agreement represents our best chance to stop an Iranian bomb without another war in the Middle East."
[ More ]Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations warns that if the U.S. rejects the nuclear deal with Iran, it would "significantly weaken our ability to achieve our broader foreign policy goals – most of which in 2015 require us to mobilize broad international coalitions."
[ More ]Administration officials are making the argument to skeptical legislators that inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities under the deal will reveal important details that can be used for better targeting should the U.S. decide to attack Iran.
[ More ]The authors, former Senators and chairmen of the Senate Armed Services Committee, argue that rejecting the nuclear deal with Iran would reduce the deterrent value of any potential military action because our allies would abandon the U.S., viewing it as disingenous in negotiations.
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