US Withdrawal From the JCPOA and Anti-Iranian Sanctions: Pros and Cons
... Sanctions: Adopting to the New Reality First, the withdrawal from the JCPOA undermined trust in US diplomacy. In particular, the Iranian case is extremely important for Moscow, showing that it would be undesirable to compromise with the US by making concessions ... ... opportunities to use it for achieving diplomatic goals. Second, the breakdown of the JCPOA undermines non-proliferation efforts. North Korea is a case in point proving that while failing to remove sanctions, possessing nuclear weapons provides some leverage in negotiations. At the same time, giving up nuclear weapons leads to the re-imposition ...