1. America Is More Than Trump. Europe Should Defend the Iran Deal without Burning Bridges to the US
- Author:
- Thomas Gomart, Robin Niblett, Daniela Schwarzer, and Nathalie Tocci
- Publication Date:
- 05-2018
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI)
- Abstract:
- US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will severely degrade regional and global security. His decision has increased the risk of war and a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and beyond. He has undermined attempts to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons through multilateral diplomacy, as unilateral withdrawal equals non-compliance with a legally-binding UN Security Council resolution. This is a rejection of the UN as arbiter of international peace and security, as well as of international law as a lynchpin of international relations. The steps that Europeans now take will have serious consequences for their alliance with the US, for security in the Middle East, as well as for their relations vis-à-vis China, Russia and the wider world.
- Topic:
- Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, Treaties and Agreements, and Donald Trump
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Iran, Middle East, North America, and United States of America