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Carrot & Stick Iran
By Micah Halpern

Tuesday February 7, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has spelled out his country's plan for dealing with Iran and with Iranian nuclear aspirations.

Lavroy made two important statements:
"I think that at the current stage, it is important not to make guesses about what will happen and even more important not to make threats."
"...what we must underline is that there are the decisions of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN Security Council has been informed and will not take any action in the immediate future."

Russia wants to appease Iran.
Russia does not want to threaten Iran or to jeopardize Russian interests in Iran.

The United States believes in applying threats and pressure.
The United States believes in pressuring even to the point of threatening the use of force.

To my thinking, the best way of dealing with Iran right now would be a combination of Russian and United States techniques.
Go with the carrot and the stick method: use Iranian-friendly countries as the carrot applying non-threatening pressure and have the greater international community carry the stick, slamming down hard on Iran if they do not cease and desist.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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