Engaging Iran? Transatlantic Perspectives on the Nuclear Issue
Ladies and Gentlemen, How to handle Iran may be one of the most difficult problems in global politics today - and nobody seems to have an easy answer or solution. I hope that there will be an opportunity for a new and more coherent Iran strategy with the new US administration. Fact is: The UN sanctions put on the table up to now have not been weighty enough to persuade Tehran to change its mind about enrichment. On the other side I think it's a big success to keep the Big 5 of the Security Council plus Germany together. And the negotiations the European Union (EU) has conducted since October 2003 have won valuable time. But: The EU-3 need the backing of the U.S. Only security guarantees from the U.S. can be of interest to Iran. (...)
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Washington D.C., 5.5.2008