ADELPHI SERIES

Opis produktu

This book argues that Donald Trumps withdrawal from the JCPOA was a grave mistake as the accord was a significant diplomatic achievement that usefully curtailed Irans nuclear programme and Iran was honouring its commitments under the deal.In July 2015 eight parties France Germany and the United Kingdom together with the European Union and China Russia and the United States on the one side and Iran on the other adopted the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) better known as the Iran nuclear deal. Under the agreement Iran accepted limits to its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief. Hailed by some as a diplomatic achievement detractors both in the US and the Middle East saw the deal as overly lenient. In May 2018 US President Donald Trump announced that the US would cease waiving sanctions and withdraw from the agreement.This Adelphi book assesses that Trumps decision was a grave error. Like any multilateral agreement the deal was not perfect but Iran had been honouring its commitments. Drawing on a deep understanding of the nonproliferation regime and technical expertise the authors trace the emergence of antipathy to the JCPOA and set out how many of the politicised criticisms of the accord are demonstrably incorrect. They argue that the littleknown Procurement Channel established by the JCPOA to give Iran a legitimate route to procure goods and services for its nowlimited nuclear programme has been an effective check on Irans illicit procurement of nuclearrelated goods. Moreover this book demonstrates that Irans nuclear and ballisticmissile programmes are not intrinsically linked as not all Iranian missiles are designed to be nuclearcapable. While the deal endures for now its survival will ultimately depend on Iran.Introduction
Data Publikacji: 2019-01-17
Wymiary: 234 mm 156 mm 324 gr