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The Iran Nuclear Issue and the Obama Administration’s Engagement Policy
Author(s): YUE Hanjing, Anhui University of Finance and Economics
Pages: 32-
44
Year: 2015
Issue:
4
Journal: Arab World Studies
Keyword: The Interim Iran Nuclear Deal; U.S.; Engagement Policy; Iran;
Abstract: Late in the year 2013,the interim Iran nuclear deal was reached,which initially broke the long-drawn stalemate of the Iran nuclear issue.This is closely related to the Obama administration’s engagement policy toward Iran.When Bush Jr.was in power,the U.S.implemented the selective engagement policy toward Iran,that is,to engage Iran on Afghan and Iraqi issues,but refuse to engage it on the nuclear issue,unless it stopped its uranium enrichment activities.This made it difficult to negotiate on Iran nuclear issue.When the Obama administration got on power,the U.S.began to carry out unconditional engagement policy toward Iran,which started the "6 + 1 " model for Iran nuclear talks,and made it possible for U.S.and Iran to conduct secret nuclear talks.The engagement policy helped the Obama administration to motivate,after Iran’s refusal of the nuclear fuel swap proposal made by the U.S.,international community to put economic sanctions on I—ran which was one of the factors that precipitated the interim Iran nuclear deal.The engagement policy caused to some degree the further divide between Iranian political forces,which forced the two countries to gradually make adjustments to their policies toward each other,and thus created actual conditions for the deal.The engagement policy,therefore,is one of the background causes for the deal.
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