Overview
- Offers an understanding of the EU's role in Iran's nuclear crisis
- Studies the relationship between national foreign policies and EU foreign policy
- Provides a nuanced appreciation of the EU as a foreign policy actor
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)
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This book investigates the European involvement in managing the nuclear dispute with Iran, shedding new light on EU foreign policy-making. The author focuses on the peculiar format through which the EU managed Iran’s nuclear issue: a ‘lead group’ consisting of France, Germany and the UK and the High Representative for EU foreign policy (E3/EU). The experience of the E3/EU lends credibility to the claim that lead groups give EU foreign policy direction and substance. The E3/EU set up a negotiating framework that worked as a de-escalating tool, a catalyst for Security Council unity and a forum for crisis management. They inflicted pain on Iran by adopting a comprehensive sanctions regime, but did so only having secured US commitment to a diplomatic solution. Once the deal was reached, they defended it vigorously. The E3/EU may have been supporting actors, but their achievements were real.
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Keywords
- Iran's nuclear crisis
- EU and nuclear weapons
- EU foreign policy
- France and Iran nuclear talks
- Germany and Iran nuclear talks
- UK and Iranian nuclear talks
- EU/E3
- EU Security council
- International Security studies
- sanctions regime on Iran
- Iranian nuclear weapons
- international diplomacy
- 2003-16 Iranian nuclear crisis
- theoretical framework for EU foreign policy
- EU-Iranian nuclear deal
- US and Iran nuclear crisis
- EU/E3 Iran agreements
- EU/E3 Iran talks
- Europeanisation of foreign policy
- Iran's nuclear programme
Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory and History
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Part II
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Riccardo Alcaro has produced a superbly researched and written book making a major contribution to the study of EU foreign policy. A must read for anyone wishing to understand the intricacies of the EU’s major foreign policy success to date – the E3/3 nuclear deal with Iran – as well as the specific role that lead groups play in the making of such policy.” (Nathalie Tocci, Director of the International Affairs Institute (IAI), Italy and Personal Advisor to High Representative Mogherini)
“In his outstanding analysis of the role of EU lead groups in the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear power programme, Alcaro combines fascinating historical detail with thought-provoking theoretical reflection. Whatever happens to the further development of EU foreign policy, the important role of lead groups will not go away, and this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how they work.” (Professor Thomas Diez, University of Tübingen, Germany)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Riccardo Alcaro is Research Coordinator and Head of the Global Actors Programme of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Italy. He has been a visiting fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe of the Brookings Institution. Riccardo holds a PhD from the University of Tuebingen.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Europe and Iran’s Nuclear Crisis
Book Subtitle: Lead Groups and EU Foreign Policy-Making
Authors: Riccardo Alcaro
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74298-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74297-7Published: 18 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08958-0Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74298-4Published: 09 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-5873
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5881
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 293
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Union Politics, Foreign Policy, International Security Studies