| Author (Person) | Gass, Simon |
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| Publisher | European Leadership Network |
| Series Title | Policy Brief |
| Series Details | 09.03.18 |
| Publication Date | 09/03/2018 |
| Content Type | Report |
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Further information On the 8 May 2018 US President Donald Trump announced that he would cease to support the nuclear agreement with Iran signed by China, the European Union, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom as well as the United States. European Leadership Network It does this through its active network of former and emerging European political, military, and diplomatic leaders, through its high-quality research, publications and events, and through its institutional partnerships across Europe, North America, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. The ELN conceives of Europe in its widest sense, to include not only the EU but Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the rest of our diverse continent. It is unique in its high-level political reach and in its ability to effectively network the political, diplomatic and security elites of all countries across this region and parts of Central Asia. It focuses on arms control and political/military issues, including both conventional and nuclear disarmament challenges inside Europe, and has a particular interest in policy challenges arising in both the eastern and southern peripheries of the continent. The ELN also works to advance economic, political, energy, people to people and sub-regional cooperation within Greater Europe and to build cooperative European solutions to today’s global challenges, be they related to Russia-West relations, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, or the challenge and opportunity of the rising powers. It is a non-partisan, non-profit organisation based in London and registered in the United Kingdom.In his statement on 12 January 2018, US President Trump made clear that he would not renew sanctions waivers on Iran unless what he saw as key flaws in the 2015 nuclear deal were fixed. The US Administration was trying to persuade other parties to the agreement to help address US concerns. Yet the Europeans strongly supported the agreement. And Iran was complying with the agreement in every material respect. Can this impasse be resolved? Sir Simon Gass, former UK Ambassador to Iran and the senior official who led the British team at the E3+3/Iran nuclear negotiations, set out a possible diplomatic sweet spot for the current US-Europe negotiations that might meet US concerns, yet keep Iran and the other parties to the deal on board. The ELN has published a number of further analyses of this issue in the spring of 2018: + Macron and Merkel Must Flex Muscles to Save Iran Nuclear Deal, by Axel Hellman |
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| Source Link | https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/180309-Can-the-Iran-Nuclear-Deal-Be-Saved.pdf |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, France, Germany, Middle East, United Kingdom |
