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U.S. Gambles on a Nuclear Agreement with Iran
(Ha'aretz) Ariel E. Levite - The nuclear deal finally thrashed out in Vienna is fundamentally different from the package we were led to expect. The U.S. has endorsed a deal that tries to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons by predominantly relying on positive inducements to get Iran to comply with its new formal commitments. These incentives include rapid normalization of Iran's status, lots of money and later on provision of conventional weapons and nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Iran's track record to date as well as its regime's character make this bet a huge gamble. The writer, a senior associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was the principal deputy director general for policy at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007. He also served as deputy national security adviser for defense policy and was head of the Bureau of International Security and Arms Control in the Israel Ministry of Defense.