Hegemony Challenged: Turkey and Brazil Take on The United States and the UN Security Council Over Iran
Huffingtonpost / Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett
19-May-2010 (3 comments)

The unfolding drama of the Brazil-Turkey nuclear deal and the Obama Administration's reactive push to move a draft sanctions resolution in the United Nations Security Council will have profound effects on the character of international relations for years to come. At least two such effects warrant particular attention.

First, for those in official Washington or anywhere else who still doubt that the "post-American world" is here, the deal to refuel the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) brokered by Brazil and Turkey should serve as a blaring wake-up call. Two rising economic powers from what we used to call the "Third World" have now asserted decisive political influence on a high-profile international security issue. And, in doing so, they have signaled that Washington can no longer unilaterally define terms for managing such issues. As a consequence, President Obama's most serious foreign policy challenge--repairing America's image as a global leader--just got more daunting.

Second, by answering Brazil and Turkey's extraordinary diplomatic effort with an arrogant assertion of the P-5's power to demand the rapid imposition of new sanctions on Iran and reinstating a demand that Iran must suspend enrichment to avoid new sanctions, the Obama Administration is following a course that could inflict serious damage not only on America's global standing, but also on the legitimacy of the Security Council itself.

As we have noted previously on TheRaceForIran.com, ... >>>

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Brazil and Turkey put SC credibilit under question

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Wed May 19, 2010 07:52 PM PDT

" Two rising economic powers from what we used to call the "Third World" have now asserted decisive political influence on a high-profile international security issue. And, in doing so, they have signaled that Washington can no longer unilaterally define terms for managing such issues. As a consequence, President Obama's most serious foreign policy challenge--repairing America's image as a global leader--just got more daunting.

Second, by answering Brazil and Turkey's extraordinary diplomatic effort with an arrogant assertion of the P-5's power to demand the rapid imposition of new sanctions on Iran and reinstating a demand that Iran must suspend enrichment to avoid new sanctions, the Obama Administration is following a course that could inflict serious damage not only on America's global standing, but also on the legitimacy of the Security Council itself.  "



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UNSC and America have no credebility

by YMJ on Wed May 19, 2010 11:07 PM PDT

Its obvious! America is a mass murdering machine dominated by zionists, lobby groups and special interests who are all under the control of the military industrial complex.


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Also note worthy

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Wed May 19, 2010 08:02 PM PDT

"President Obama, who came to office professing a new U.S. approach to
international engagement, allowed himself to be upstaged by new powers
because he has been unwilling to match his rhetoric with truly
innovative diplomacy that takes real notice of other countries'
interests. If he does not close this gap, America's global leadership
will continue to decline. And, the institutional architecture for global
governance in the 21st century--to which Obama has professed rhetorical
support--will be put at risk."


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