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April 24, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2015/04/the-tectonic-shift-in-obamas-iran-policy/

Obama's Goal Is Detente with Iran

(Mosaic) Michael Doran - While President Obama has persuaded much of the world that the primary goal of his Iran diplomacy is to negotiate a nuclear arms-control agreement, in fact, the primary goal is detente with Iran. Obama has put an end to containment of Iran as a guiding principle of American Middle East policy. To be sure, he continues to pay lip service to the idea of countering Iran's influence, but his actions do not match his rhetoric. In Syria and Iraq, especially, Obama has long been respectful of Iranian interests while treating Tehran as a silent partner against Islamic State (IS). Detente with Iran requires Obama to demote all of those allies who perceive a rising Iran as their primary security threat. The writer, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, is a former deputy assistant secretary of defense and a former senior director of the National Security Council.

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