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August 28, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7599

The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: The International Determination Deficit

(Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University) Emily B. Landau - The Interim Deal of November 2013 between the P5+1 and Iran, although only meant to stop the clock and provide time for the real negotiation on a comprehensive deal, is now hailed as a "landmark deal." The P5+1 are no longer demanding that Iran back away from its military ambitions; they are not even pressing for the weaponization aspects to be confronted head-on and quickly. Rather, they are demonstrating a relatively lax attitude on that front, while quietly shifting the goal of the negotiation from an Iranian strategic U-turn in the nuclear realm to an attempt to ensure that enough time - 6 months, a year, or maybe 18 months - remains between the current situation and the possibility for Iran to break out to a bomb. This assumes amazing verification capabilities that are far from given.

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