Iran Nuclear Negotiations

Accord and Détente since the Geneva Agreement of 2013

By (author) Nader Entessar, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

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Publication date:

08 October 2015

Length of book:

218 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442242357

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

On the very day Iran and the “P5+1” countries reached a formal agreement in Vienna, I finalized reviewing this book that provides a comprehensive account of the decade-long nuclear negotiations between the parties. As a Turkish scholar who has been seriously concerned about the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb and who has written extensively on the subject since 1995, I can safely say that this book is an extremely rich source of information about the evolution of the various dimensions of the controversial nuclear program of Iran. The authors, whose academic credentials cannot be disputed, share generously their broad knowledge accumulated over the years about the negotiation process, both as researchers and also as insiders, from time to time, and thus offer not only documented data that are still worthy of keeping within arm’s reach, but also very valuable insights into the process that may not be found in any media outlet as to how the decision-making apparatus in Iran handled the process under different governments and leadership cadres both in Tehran and in Western capitals. As such, this book is a must read for those who want to capture the whole controversy over Iran’s nuclear ambitions while writing academic or journalistic articles as well as those who would need a useful source for teaching, studying or simulating some of the negotiation technics that have been used by different countries having different security cultures. The book also offers critical lessons that one can draw out of this protracted and multifaceted process.