Iran and the Next Obama Term

Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 25 novembre 2012 Iran was an issue in the U.S. election. Now that he has won, President Barack Obama has to decide what to do about it. There are no good options. Beyond the rhetoric over the need for a rapid attack, much of it coming, until recently, from Israeli

Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 25 novembre 2012

Iran was an issue in the U.S. election. Now that he has won, President Barack Obama has to decide what to do about it. There are no good options.

Beyond the rhetoric over the need for a rapid attack, much of it coming, until recently, from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his friends, the U.S. intelligence community remains of the view that Iran has not yet made the fateful decision to build a bomb. But Iran is getting closer to a weapons capability. This cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.

So what is likely in the first few months of Obama’s second term? Probably not an attack. Obama still seems to believe (rightly) that sanctions have more time to work. Make no mistake; the sanctions are having a huge impact, particularly in combination with Iran’s own poor economic performance and its chronic corruption. Iran’s currency is in free-fall and it is finding it more and more difficult to sell its oil….

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Iran and the Next Obama Term

Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 25 novembre 2012 Iran was an issue in the U.S. election. Now that he has won, President Barack Obama has to decide what to do about it. There are no good options. Beyond the rhetoric over the need for a rapid attack, much of it coming, until recently, from Israeli

Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 25 novembre 2012

Iran was an issue in the U.S. election. Now that he has won, President Barack Obama has to decide what to do about it. There are no good options.

Beyond the rhetoric over the need for a rapid attack, much of it coming, until recently, from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his friends, the U.S. intelligence community remains of the view that Iran has not yet made the fateful decision to build a bomb. But Iran is getting closer to a weapons capability. This cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.

So what is likely in the first few months of Obama’s second term? Probably not an attack. Obama still seems to believe (rightly) that sanctions have more time to work. Make no mistake; the sanctions are having a huge impact, particularly in combination with Iran’s own poor economic performance and its chronic corruption. Iran’s currency is in free-fall and it is finding it more and more difficult to sell its oil….

Lire la suite de cet article sur le site web du Ottawa Citizen.

Regarder la vidéo de l’événement CÉPI sur le sujet (CPAC). 

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Le blogue du CÉPI est écrit par des spécialistes en la matière.

 

Les blogs CIPS sont protégés par la licence Creative Commons: Attribution – Pas de Modification 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0).


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