Published for The International Institute for Strategic Studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Conclusions / Mark Fitzpatrick. Chapter Three. Assessing the JCPOA / Mark Fitzpatrick -- Chapter Two. The JCPOA procurement channel / Paulina Izewicz -- Chapter Three. Evaluating design intent in Iran's ballistic-missile programme / Michael Elleman and Mark Fitzpatrick -- Conclusions / Mark Fitzpatrick.
Summary:
"In July 2015, eight parties - the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, together with the European Union, China and Russia on the one side, and Iran on the other - adopted the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. Under the agreement, Iran accepted limits to its nuclear programme and stricter international monitoring in return for sanctions relief. Detractors, however, saw the deal as overly lenient towards Tehran. Donald Trump described it as the 'worst deal ever', and announced in May 2018 that the US would cease waiving sanctions and withdraw from the agreement. Uncertain Future is a new Adelphi book co-authored by Mark Fitzpatrick, Michael Elleman and Paulina Izewicz who argue that Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the agreement was a grave error. Drawing on a deep understanding of the non-proliferation regime and their own technical expertise, the authors evaluate the principal criticisms of the JCPOA. They contend that the agreement has been an effective check on Iran's illicit procurement of nuclear-related goods, and show that Iran's nuclear and ballistic-missile programmes are not intrinsically linked, for not all of its missiles were designed to be nuclear-capable. This timely study argues that the survival of the JCPOA now depends on Iran, and whether it wishes to continue to adhere to an agreement that the US has broken."-- Publisher's website.
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