My article just came out in the Journal of Turkish Weekly. This journal is published by the International Strategic Research Organization, which is one of the very top foreign policy think tanks in Turkey:
There are two fundamental global achievements in regards to the IRI. First, there are four UNSC resolutions, which have established the consensus of zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil. And second, there are strong sanctions already approved by the U.S. Congress on the Central Bank of Iran to be implemented on June 28, 2012 as well as the full EU boycott of oil purchases from the IRI to be implemented on July 1, 2012.
President Obama and the American negotiating team are willing to trade these two cardinal achievements in order to avoid a conflict with the IRI in the short term.
A question is whether for the sake of political expediency (i.e., increase the likelihood of his re-election), Obama is sacrificing these unprecedented global achievements? If the IRI agrees to the agreement, it would not be easy for the U.S., the EU, and the UNSC to again craft such strong measures. The agreement will legitimize the IRI’s nuclear program and remove strong sanctions >>>http://www.turkishweekly.net/op-ed/2968/-analyzing-the-istanbul-talks.html
