{"id":28228,"date":"2018-10-24T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T05:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28228"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T05:53:43","slug":"proving-the-hardliners-in-tehran-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/proving-the-hardliners-in-tehran-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Proving the hardliners in Tehran right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/proving-the-hardliners-in-tehran-right\/article24506031.ece\">Proving the hardliners in Tehran right<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stanly Johny, author, highlighted that the cornerstone of Donald Trump\u2019s West Asia policy is Israel\u2019s security.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>2. The U.S. president Donald Trump recently gave open threats against Tehran from historical hostility towards post-revolutionary Iran, to engagement during Obama era.<\/p>\n<p>3. The focus of Trump\u2019s West Asia policy, is Israel\u2019s security and the containment of Iran is a subplot of this approach.<\/p>\n<p>4. America\u2019s traditional allies,\u00a0Israel\u00a0and the Sunni Arab, were upset with Mr. Obama\u2019s outreach to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>5. Obama\u2019s approach was focussed on restoring some balance in the region, which was shaken up by revolts in the Arab world and civil wars.<\/p>\n<p>6. The 2015 nuclear deal with Iran had opened new opportunities for both Washington and Tehran to reimagine their relations.<\/p>\n<p>7. Iran, as the UN atomic watchdoghas been fully compliant with the terms of the nuclear accord.<\/p>\n<p>8. Other signatories of the deal, including the European Union, still stick with it.<\/p>\n<p>9. Mr. Trump, has called it the \u201cworst deal ever\u201d in American history.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>10. Anti-Iran bloc<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump wants U.S. policy to swing back to America\u2019s traditional allies, Israel and the Sunni Arab world.<\/li>\n<li>They saw the nuclear deal and the subsequent opening up of the global economy for Iran as further helping Tehran consolidate its position in West Asia.<\/li>\n<li>By dumping the nuclear deal, Trump\u2019s plan is to deny Iran the economic benefits of the nuclear deal, incite Iranians against the regime and scuttle Tehran\u2019s within Syria using Russian help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>11. Comparison of Iran with other countries: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iran is not a great military force.<\/li>\n<li>It spends far less on defence than what Saudi Arabia, its regional rival, does.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0In 2016, Iran spent $12.7 billion on defence, compared to Saudi Arabia\u2019s $63.7 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Even in terms of percentage of GDP, Iran, at 3%, is behind even Jordan, which spent 4% in 2016, not to mention Saudi Arabia\u2019s 10% and Israel\u2019s 6%.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s to overcome this asymmetry,Iran has adopted a \u2018forward defence\u2019 doctrine, empowering militias and proxies in other countries.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0This upsets both Israel and the U.S. \u00a0because at the time of war, Iran could activate these groups, unleashing havoc in its neighbourhood targeting both America and Isreeli soldiers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12.In the past, there have been different attempts, from both Iran and the U.S., for a rapprochement.<\/p>\n<p>13. After the 9\/11 attack, Iran offered cooperation to the U.S. in its war against the al-Qaeda and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>14. Recent steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. administration with a rational policymaking machine would have appreciated the deal and consolidated it, by retaining the checks on Iran.<\/li>\n<li>Iran is a country which had an active nuclear programme and came forward to negotiate a deal with world powers. But the deal has been jettisoned by the U.S., which is now threatening Iran with force.<\/li>\n<li>On the other hand, North Korea, built nuclear bombs and missiles, threatened the U.S. and its allies and is living in a permanent state of war in East Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proving the hardliners in Tehran right Article: Stanly Johny, author, highlighted that the cornerstone of Donald Trump\u2019s West Asia policy is Israel\u2019s security. Important facts: 2. The U.S. president Donald Trump recently gave open threats against Tehran from historical hostility towards post-revolutionary Iran, to engagement during Obama era. 3. 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