Iran nuclear deal

The IAEA Voices ‘Serious Concern’ Over Blocked Access to Certain Iranian Sites

June 8, 2020

VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency issued an alarming report on June 5, voicing “serious concern” over Iran’s refusal to allow the agency’s inspectors to investigate two sites where the country is suspected of having conducted undeclared nuclear activities in the past. The report is unrelated to the agency’s quarterly updates on Iran’s …

Covid-19, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US-UN Relations

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

France’s Printemps Européen on the Security Council

June 1, 2020

by Stéphanie Fillion

Even if Belgium’s presidency took place in February and Estonia’s, in May, is over, the European Union just held a virtual press conference from its mission in New York City to say that this spring was a European one in the United Nations Security Council. The goal of the briefing, on May 29, was …

Security Council Presidency, US-UN Relations

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Trump vs. Iran: What’s the UN for, Anyway?

January 13, 2020

by Irwin Arieff

Donald Trump may have dodged the big one in the Middle East for now. But recent events make clear that the president and his tragic idea of leadership may yet drag the United States into a major war with Iran — and there’s good reason to believe it wouldn’t be pretty. He may still …

The Trump Years, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

The New Boss at the UN’s Nuclear-Power Watchdog Is Inheriting Many Problems

December 1, 2019

by Tariq Rauf

VIENNA, Austria — Ensconced near the Danube River in this European city is the headquarters of the world’s single-most important means of ensuring safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear energy. Created in 1957, four years after United States President Dwight Eisenhower delivered his famous “Atoms for Peace” speech at the United Nations, the International …

Disarmament, WORLDVIEWS

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Where’s Kelly Knight Craft? She Is Neither in Ottawa Nor at the UN

August 26, 2019

by Irwin Arieff

Donald Trump must have known just what he was getting into when he named Kelly Knight Craft to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. But does Knight Craft understand the humiliating position the president is putting her into? Knight Craft, the soft-spoken wife of a billionaire coal executive from Kentucky, demonstrates …

Secretary-General, Security Council, The Trump Years

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Pompeo Finds Little Appetite at the UN for His Iran Strategy

August 20, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

In the middle of a muggy August afternoon in New York, the United Nations Security Council gathered once more to figure out how to “maintain peace and security” in the Middle East. But the recurring topic always leaves conversations wide open for interpretation by the Council’s 15 members. The concept by Poland as Council …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

Afghan Migrants Flee Iran as US Sanctions Damage Iran’s Economy

February 18, 2019

by Sonah Lee

After fleeing violence and unemployment in their home country for the relative stability of neighboring Iran, hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans are now returning home. The mass reverse migration is taking place just as the United States, eager to withdraw from Afghanistan, holds its most concerted peace talks with the Taliban in years. …

Asia, Geopolitics, Migration, Terrorism, US Foreign Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

Trump Wants a New ‘Liberal’ World Order, Pompeo Tells Europe

December 6, 2018

by Barbara Crossette

They call it the “Trump effect” and it is permeating and weakening support for numerous international agreements still in their formative stages. For governments, diplomats and civil society around the world, accustomed to bombastic outbursts from Donald Trump, American policy appears to be consolidating into more than ad hoc attacks on efforts to tackle …

Geopolitics, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

In a First, Trump Chairs the UN Security Council, but Nothing Happened

September 26, 2018

by Kacie Candela

President Donald Trump chaired a United Nations Security Council meeting on stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction and seized the occasion again to lambaste Iran, which he had earlier this month intended to make the sole focus of the Sept. 26 session. Pushback came from most of the other Council members, …

Geopolitics, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

To Help the World Sleep Better, Salvage the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

May 25, 2018

by Ben Donaldson

If United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo follows through with his threat to impose “the strongest sanctions in history” on Iran, the United States should be prepared for Iran to retaliate by withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Last month, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security …

Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

Nikki Haley’s Twists and Turns, Leading Down a Path to Nowhere

May 13, 2018

by Irwin Arieff

Nikki Haley is the most popular member of Donald Trump’s national security team, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, which found that 63 percent of voters approve of the job she is doing as United States ambassador to the United Nations. Just 17 percent disapprove. (Only 39 percent approved of Trump’s performance, the …

Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations

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P5 MONITOR

So Who Is Lying: Iran, Israel or Trump?

May 7, 2018

by Enrico Carisch

The world will soon know the future of the Iran nuclear deal, when President Trump plans to announce his intentions on May 8 at 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, from the White House. The decision follows intense jostling among high-powered countries, current and former government officials and seasoned disarmament people in the last several …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, P5 Monitor, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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P5 MONITOR

As Moon Meets Kim, Who Will Eventually Claim Credit for a Korean Peace Deal?

April 26, 2018

by Enrico Carisch

Two important global events that are about to happen may sound alluring to some Americans: first, the United States government may jettison or significantly alter the nuclear deal with Iran; and Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea will begin to negotiate terms for long-overdue peace with South Korean President Moon Jae In, when …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, P5 Monitor, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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P5 MONITOR

Fixing Iran the European Way, Using Sanctions for Peace

April 6, 2018

by Enrico Carisch

Preventing the United States from collapsing the Iran nuclear deal may be impossible, but European and other global leaders are still ensuring that the Trump team knows the political costs that it will incur if it sticks to that goal. European opponents of Donald Trump’s Iran manipulations, far from floppy handwringers, are motivated by …

P5 Monitor, Security Council, US-UN Relations

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

The US and UN Sanctions: Outwitted, Outlasted, Outplayed?

January 11, 2018

by Enrico Carisch

With the Security Council’s unanimous vote to expand United Nations sanctions on North Korea on Dec. 22, President Trump appeared to add another high point to a victorious final week of 2017 based on his tax reform in United States Congress. But appearances deceive, as delegations’ statements in the Council demonstrated before adopting Resolution …

Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US-UN Relations

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Iran nuclear deal

The IAEA Voices ‘Serious Concern’ Over Blocked Access to Certain Iranian Sites

France’s Printemps Européen on the Security Council

Trump vs. Iran: What’s the UN for, Anyway?

The New Boss at the UN’s Nuclear-Power Watchdog Is Inheriting Many Problems

Where’s Kelly Knight Craft? She Is Neither in Ottawa Nor at the UN

Pompeo Finds Little Appetite at the UN for His Iran Strategy

Afghan Migrants Flee Iran as US Sanctions Damage Iran’s Economy

Trump Wants a New ‘Liberal’ World Order, Pompeo Tells Europe

In a First, Trump Chairs the UN Security Council, but Nothing Happened

To Help the World Sleep Better, Salvage the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Nikki Haley’s Twists and Turns, Leading Down a Path to Nowhere

So Who Is Lying: Iran, Israel or Trump?

As Moon Meets Kim, Who Will Eventually Claim Credit for a Korean Peace Deal?

Fixing Iran the European Way, Using Sanctions for Peace

The US and UN Sanctions: Outwitted, Outlasted, Outplayed?

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