Sanctioning Iran, Developing Relations with India, and the New Economic Order

The true test of the U.S. efforts to pressure Iran to either renegotiate the deal or have an overall massive change of behavior will be the reaction of China, Russia, and the Europeans (Germany, France, and the United Kingdom) to the reintroduced sanctions regime by the United States. Beyond the rol...

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Published in:Policy File 2018
Main Author: Tarzi, Amin
Format: Report
Language:English
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Conflicts
Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Summary:The true test of the U.S. efforts to pressure Iran to either renegotiate the deal or have an overall massive change of behavior will be the reaction of China, Russia, and the Europeans (Germany, France, and the United Kingdom) to the reintroduced sanctions regime by the United States. Beyond the role of JCPOA signatories, there is another party to consider: India. On one hand, India is poised to become Washington's main strategic partner in South Asia and in the Indo-Pacific theater of operations, but on the other hand, it regards Iran as a strategic asset and a necessary source of its energy requirements. In this paper, the paradoxical case of India will be examined to illustrate the double-edged nature of the new sanctions and their potential to hurt the United States in its broader strategic calculations.