Emma Bonino stressed “the IAEA’s importance and credibility” in resolving the row over Iran’s nuclear program. She pointed out that while Iran is a “signatory to the NPT”, several Arab states, which have yet to sign, are pursuing what she termed as “nuclear ambitions.”
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Speaking at ECFR’s launch, Iran’s envoy said, “If the reason to send Iran’s dossier to the Security Council was to address all questions, I believe the dossier should be returned to the IAEA. And we have decided full cooperation with the IAEA to remove all doubts and ambiguities.”
“Russia is the most divisive issue in the EU since Donald Rumsfeld and the Iraq war,” says Mark Leonard, the ECFR’s executive director and one of the report’s authors
According to ECFR executive director Mark Leonard, Russia has been the most divisive issue for the EU since Donald Rumsfeld and the Iraq war
The EU is losing ground in its relations with Russia and should unite behind a new strategy to secure its interests with Moscow. A story on Iran’s Press TV.
“Das Paradox der Macht der EU ist, dass ihre St?rke bis zu einem gewissen Punkt ist, dass sie als schwach wahrgenommen wird”, schreibt der ECFR
Iran is the country most people around the world would like see having less power, followed closely by the US, a new opinion poll showed
“To make UN action more credible and US military action less likely, the EU will need to act as one and make sure it has exhausted all peaceful alternatives in its approach to Iran”, says Daniel Korski, a senior fellow at the European Council of Foreign Relations
“The conversation centred around issues such as can Europe really speak with one voice; what should we do about Iran; should Europe aspire to be a counter-weight to the US? Blog entry by Gideon Rachman
Original, English-language version of an op-ed written by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer, Mabel van Oranje and Mark Leonard. Distributed through Project Syndicate.