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- Title
Iran and the United States: A Conflict Resolution Perspective.
- Authors
Soltaninejad, Mohammad
- Abstract
The interim nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States (under Iran-P5 + 1 umbrella) in November 2013 revived attention to the problem of the Iran-U.S. conflict and its resolution. The key issues to understand are: first, the reasons for the start of nuclear dispute resolution between Iran and the United States despite failure of all the past reconciliation initiatives; and second, the agreement's implications for overall conflict resolution between the two countries. Relying on the 'ripeness theory' and its development in response to criticisms, the central argument of the article is that the start of direct negotiations and efforts of Iran and the United States to reach agreement over the nuclear dispute is due to ripeness of the overall Iran-U.S. conflict as a result of a nuclear 'asymmetric hurting stalemate.' Explaining the factors that disrupt normalization of relations under conditions of ripeness, the article presents four scenarios for the future of Iran-U.S. relations.
- Subjects
IRAN-United States relations; CONFLICT management; RIPENESS (Law); DISPUTE resolution; NUCLEAR energy policy
- Publication
Asian Politics & Policy, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
1943-0779
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aspp.12199