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Source: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141552/colin-h-kahl/risky-business
Why Iran's Nuclear Demands Could Backfire
(Foreign Affairs) Colin H. Kahl - This week, Iranian and U.S. diplomats raced to Geneva for unscheduled, high-level bilateral talks. The deadline to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran - July 20 - is fast approaching. Iranian officials insist that the Islamic Republic's enrichment infrastructure be maintained and even expanded by tens of thousands of additional centrifuges, including more efficient next-generation machines. Iranian negotiators have apparently favored a final deal that relies on transparency and verification procedures to confirm the peaceful nature of Tehran's program, without placing constraints on the country's centrifuge capacity, low-enriched uranium stockpile, or future research and development. The writer, an Associate Professor at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, was U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East (2009-11).