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Iran Ain't Gonna Sneak Out Under This Deal
July 16, 2015
Where verification is concerned, the details do matter and we really should be debating the finer points of the Iran deal's verification provisions.
In assessing whether these arrangements are "good enough," the best place to start is with the following question: If Iran decides to cheat, how would it go about doing so?
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Keeping Iran's Feet to the Fire
David Makovsky and Matthew Levitt, Foreign Policy
July 14, 2015
The Obama administration has promised to counter Iran's menacing behavior across the Middle East. Here's how it can reassure its anxious allies, and stop Tehran from using its cash windfall to fund terrorism.
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The Experts Assess the Iran Agreement of 2015
John Mecklin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
July 14, 2015
The Bulletin has asked top international security experts with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds to offer their assessments of the agreement. Their comments will be published over the course of several days, as they have time to study the complex, lengthy, and unprecedented document.
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Beyond Partisan Infighting: The Role Congress Should Play in Reacting to the Nuclear Agreement with Iran
Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
July 15, 2015
It would be hopelessly naive to assume that the next 60 days of review of the draft agreement with Iran will not be tied to partisan politics... the fact is, however, that the agreement does deserve detailed review and challenge, that criticism can be both partisan and constructive, and that both Republicans as well as concerned Democrats can both secure political gains while serving the national interest.
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After a Historic Nuclear Agreement, Challenges Ahead for Iran
Ariane Tabatabai, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Iran talks may be over, but that doesn't mean that the chapter is entirely closed. The deal will have to win the approval of the US Congress, and Iran has to take agreed steps to curb its nuclear activities before receiving sanctions relief. Plus, it still has to wade through the aftermath of political and economic isolation.
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Monitoring Provisions of the Iran Agreement
Michael Krepon, Arms Control Wonk
July 14, 2015
The agreement's provisions are extremely complex and detailed. Reading the fine print brings flashbacks of the most detailed nuclear arms reduction provisions negotiated between the Kremlin and the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. All of this is new. At the outset of these negotiations, no one expected constraints this deep or this long.
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Why the Iran Deal Makes Obama's Critics So Angry
Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
July 14, 2015
The nuclear agreement highlights the limits of American power - something the president's opponents won't accept.
Whatever its deficiencies, the Iran deal places limits on Iran's nuclear program and enhances oversight of it. Walk away from the agreement in hopes of getting tougher restrictions and you're guaranteeing, at least for the time being, that there are barely any restrictions on the program at all.
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Netanyahu and the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Historic Mistake?
Shibley Telhami, Brookings
July 12, 2015
The immediate reaction of Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the announced Iran nuclear deal was to continue his total rejection of the agreement, calling it a historic mistake. Yet, it's hard to understand what this posture can gain him strategically.
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The Triumph of Nuclear Diplomacy
International Crisis Group
July 14, 2015
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) provides for a peaceful Iranian nuclear program, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and rolls back sanctions. The accord promises a balanced, diplomatic resolution to one of the world's most complex security challenges.
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Iran Nuclear Deal: A Platform for Future Cooperation?
Alex Vatanka, The Middle East Institute
July 14, 2015
The Iranian public is very optimistic and hopeful that the painful economic sanctions will soon begin to be rolled back. Iranian media outlets that align with President Hassan Rouhani are projecting that sentiment as well. But even the more hawkish outlets are more optimistic now-if cautiously so-than they were in April, when the interim agreement was reached. The mood has evolved in Tehran.
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A Historic Agreement
Ilan Goldenberg and Elizabeth Rosenberg, The Hill
July 14, 2015
The nuclear agreement reached in Vienna creates an unprecedented opportunity for the United States to deter Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and increase stability in the Middle East. It is also a far better option than the realistic alternatives.
The agreement will create conditions such that it will be extraordinarily difficult for Iran to use its existing facilities to build nuclear weapons without being caught and stopped in time.
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