Iran Nuclear Negotiations

Accord and Détente since the Geneva Agreement of 2013

By (author) Nader Entessar, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

Publication date:

08 October 2015

Length of book:

232 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442242340

In November 2013, a historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear program was reached between Iran and the world powers, raising the prospects for a long-term agreement that would end the Iran nuclear crisis and set the stage for normal relations between Iran and the West. This book seeks to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of this agreement and the protracted process that preceded it. It examines in details the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the world powers, focusing on the origins and evolution of the Iran nuclear crisis, the unilateral and the multilateral sanctions. It also looks at the relationship between nuclear and various non-nuclear regional issues, as well as the long-term implications for the U.S.-Iran relations.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Glossary of Terms
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Road to the Geneva Agreement
Chapter 2: The Breakthrough Agreement
Chapter 3: The Question of Enrichment
Chapter 4: The Rocky Road to the Final Agreement
Chapter 5: The Regional Implications
Chapter 6: U.S.-Iran Détente: Moving Beyond a Troubled Past
Chapter 7: Nuclear Issue and Iran’s National Security
Chapter 8: Iran, the Geneva Agreement, and the Future of the NPT
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Appendixes
Index

This book extensively documents the negotiations that led to the deal reached in Vienna in July 2015 between Iran and world powers regarding the former’s nuclear program, the most important diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East since the Oslo Accords of the early 1990s. It compellingly shows that political disagreements rather than technical issues have been central to the controversy surrounding Iran’s nuclear program. A self-declared goal of the book is to present an informed discussion of the ‘Iranian viewpoint’ that is often poorly represented in English language sources. The book is successful in its goal, as it extensively documents the strategies pursued by Iranian decision makers and the debates taking place within Iran. The authors...offer insight into the national security challenges Iran faces, ranging from declining oil prices to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons…. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.