Book contents
- Worlds Apart
- Worlds Apart
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- How to Read a Declassified Document
- Chronology
- Introduction: A Measure of Context
- 1 Blindsided: Confronting the Revolution and the Hostage Crisis, 1977–1981
- 2 Turmoil in the Gulf: The Iran–Iraq War and the Spread of Radical Islam, 1980–1989
- 3 Leaps of Faith: From Containment to Dialogue, 1990–2000
- 4 Missed Opportunities: From 9/11 to Iraq to the Nuclear Impasse, 2001–2008
- 5 Breakthrough: Long Road to a Short-Lived Deal, 2009–2016
- Epilogue: Back to Basics: Déjà Vu after Four Decades, 2017–2018
- Conclusion
- Glossary – Names
- Glossary – Organizations
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue: Back to Basics: Déjà Vu after Four Decades, 2017–2018
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2021
- Worlds Apart
- Worlds Apart
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- How to Read a Declassified Document
- Chronology
- Introduction: A Measure of Context
- 1 Blindsided: Confronting the Revolution and the Hostage Crisis, 1977–1981
- 2 Turmoil in the Gulf: The Iran–Iraq War and the Spread of Radical Islam, 1980–1989
- 3 Leaps of Faith: From Containment to Dialogue, 1990–2000
- 4 Missed Opportunities: From 9/11 to Iraq to the Nuclear Impasse, 2001–2008
- 5 Breakthrough: Long Road to a Short-Lived Deal, 2009–2016
- Epilogue: Back to Basics: Déjà Vu after Four Decades, 2017–2018
- Conclusion
- Glossary – Names
- Glossary – Organizations
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his aversion for the Obama-backed JCPOA. Throughout his election campaign he called it “terrible” and “the worst deal ever.” Yet, for various reasons he does not act immediately to abrogate it once in office. In fact, it takes him almost a year-and-a-half to do so, perhaps constrained in part by repeated reports from the IAEA that Iran has been abiding by its agreement. In the meantime, he signals that he is prepared to use his self-styled negotiating virtuosity to strike a better deal for the United States. Reflecting a 180-degree turn away from Obama’s approach to the Islamic Republic and back to darker days of mutual antagonism, Trump returns to the tactic of relitigating decades-old grievances dating back to the 1979 revolution.
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- Worlds ApartA Documentary History of US–Iranian Relations, 1978–2018, pp. 278 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021