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  • 6 May 2022
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran

    Iran applies its own maximum pressure in nuclear talks

    Prabhat Jawla
    With negotiations seemingly deadlocked, the Biden administration’s hopes for a major foreign policy win appear dashed.
  • 13 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran
    • Israel

    Iran-US-Israel: Boxing out of the shadows

    Rodger Shanahan
    Gradual progress in talks to revive the nuclear deal may be dealt a blow by a series of “grey-zone” attacks.
  • 17 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program

    The US and the Rules-Based Order: Testing the plan

    Ben Scott
    A frank new guidance document shows that in directing his foreign policy, Joe Biden still has to resolve means and ends.
  • 20 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Iran

    Iran nuclear deal: Revenge of the diplomats

    Rodger Shanahan
    Re-negotiations with Tehran will be a fascinating guide to how a Biden administration deals with Middle East challenges.
  • 30 Nov 2020
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran
    • Israel

    The fallout of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

    Bob Bowker
    The killing of the head of the Iranian nuclear program may make it even harder to revive the nuclear deal.
  • 21 Aug 2019
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Australia
    • Iran

    The reluctant coalition

    Rodger Shanahan
    Australia will back the US and join a maritime force in the Persian Gulf, but with no rush to deploy – which is telling.
  • 19 Jun 2019
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran

    The limits of unilateral action against Iran

    Rodger Shanahan
    Washington is finding maximum pressure campaigns have limitations and bringing along friends and allies could help.
  • 21 May 2019
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran

    The clock is ticking on tensions with Iran

    Rodger Shanahan
    The US hasn’t got much to show a year after pulling out of the nuclear deal, but Iran’s patience is also running out.
  • 13 May 2019
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran
    • The Trump Presidency

    The looming international law paradox between the US and Iran

    Melinda Rankin
    Donald Trump is undermining much more than just the nuclear deal with Iran, but faith in international law, too.
  • 1 May 2018
    • Middle East
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • The Trump Presidency

    Iran’s May Day

    Rodger Shanahan
    President Trump’s deadline to decide on America’s role in the Iran Deal is drawing close.
  • 11 Dec 2017
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • The Trump Presidency

    Congress considers the Iran nuclear deal

    Dougal Robinson
    Many Republicans privately resent US President Trump for passing responsibility on the Iran deal to Congress.
  • 25 Sep 2017
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Kurdistan

    Leave the Iran nuclear deal alone

    Rodger Shanahan
    It is difficult to see how the Administration can renege on JCPOA, but the damage may already have been done.
  • 11 Nov 2016
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program

    Trump and the Iran nuclear deal

    John Carlson
    As Trump himself has conceded, it would be hard to change or walk away from on a deal that has been approved in a Security Council resolution.

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