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Will Biden Forge His Own Path on Iran?

(JNS) Israel Kasnett - Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and a senior fellow at Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center, told JNS that President-elect Joe Biden is entering "a very different Middle East landscape that he and his advisers cannot ignore, specifically regarding Israel and its newfound Arab relations and collaboration in particular, as it relates to the threat of Iran, illustrated by security and military ties between Israel, the Egyptians and the Saudis." "Iran and its proxies are still the largest destabilizing factors to the region. A Biden administration will contend with a more unified Middle East - a Sunni Crescent that includes Israel." Moving forward, Biden will need to "convince Israelis that he will have their best interests in mind when it comes to Iran." Uzi Rabi, director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University, told JNS, "The question is what sort of agreement [with Iran] Biden has in mind. Will it have modifications with regard to Iran's ballistic-missile program, Iran's aggression in the region and bringing in more monitoring?" The Americans "cannot get to the negotiating table and play it by ear. They must have a clear end game."
2020-11-19 00:00:00
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