IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL THE JCPOA ON GEOPOLITICAL CHESSBOARDS ALEXANDER WIELGOS newdirection.online @europeanreform @europeanreform NDeuropeanreform
[email protected] Founded by Margaret Thatcher in 2009 as the intellectual hub of European Conservativism, New Direction has established academic networks across Europe and research partnerships throughout the world. New Direction is registered in Belgium as a not-for-profit organisation and is partly funded by the European Parliament. REGISTERED OFFICE: Rue du Trône, 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Naweed Khan. The European Parliament and New Direction assume no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this publication. Sole liability rests with the author. Iran Nuclear Deal: The JCPOA on Geopolitical Chessboards ABSTRACT hat comes next for the Joint remain today, others had been lifted with the JCPOA. Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), The post-withdrawal US sanctions that had been re- Wwill have very real consequences for the instated had also been expanded. Russia and China, global geopolitical status quo. meanwhile, have been opportunistic in their energy, infrastructure, and military hardware dealings with Part 1 covers the circularity within Iran’s autocratic Iran. As many EU firms withdrew business with Iran, governance system, and the key drivers of Iran’s the EU has made strides to give the JCPOA a lifeline foreign policy. Iran sees itself as a pillar of Shia Islam through the INSTEX Special Purpose Vehicle, as well in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, as beginning the tactfully delayable countdown in the the sentiment of pride and historical connection Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DRM) of the JCPOA. to the region from the Persian Empire, as well as being a revolutionary government which was able Part 4, explores the input from parties outside of the to overcome US puppeteering and manipulation.