Michael McFaul on Iran: There’s No Negotiations Going on, They’re Just Waiting for Their Email To Be Returned

RUSH EXCERPT:McFAUL: "It’s not a an agreement to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Let’s be crystal clear about that. It is a cease fire to then start negotiations that would, if they’re going to be serious, are going to go on for many months, if not years. I just want to remind everybody there’s no direct negotiations going on right now. They’re waiting for them to respond to one page proposal. There’s nobody sitting in a room in a third country like, you know, Obama diplomats did in geneva negotiating. They’re just waiting for their email to be returned that well, that that will create the preconditions for a longer negotiation. But the dilemma for the Trump Administration is if their one page memo opens up the Strait of Hormuz, that eliminates all the coercive power that they have vis a vis the Iranians that shifts the balance of power strongly to the Iranian side. And so I think that creates a real dilemma for the Trump Administration, compounded by what you were just talking about with Peter. The president wants this war to be over both for for elections and also for his meeting with Xi Jinping. He’s in a hurry for a deal. And I learned from bitter experience. You should never be in a hurry to negotiate with difficult interlocutors. And the Iranians are difficult interlocutors."

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Michael McFaul on Iran: There’s No Negotiations Going on, They’re Just Waiting for Their Email To Be Returned‘That shifts the balance of power strongly to the Iranian side’News & Politics,InternationalRUSH EXCERPT:McFAUL: "It’s not a an agreement to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Let’s be crystal clear about that. It is a cease fire to then start negotiations that would, if they’re going to be serious, are going to go on for many months, if not years. I just want to remind everybody there’s no direct negotiations going on right now. They’re waiting for them to respond to one page proposal. There’s nobody sitting in a room in a third country like, you know, Obama diplomats did in geneva negotiating. They’re just waiting for their email to be returned that well, that that will create the preconditions for a longer negotiation. But the dilemma for the Trump Administration is if their one page memo opens up the Strait of Hormuz, that eliminates all the coercive power that they have vis a vis the Iranians that shifts the balance of power strongly to the Iranian side. And so I think that creates a real dilemma for the Trump Administration, compounded by what you were just talking about with Peter. The president wants this war to be over both for for elections and also for his meeting with Xi Jinping. He’s in a hurry for a deal. And I learned from bitter experience. You should never be in a hurry to negotiate with difficult interlocutors. And the Iranians are difficult interlocutors."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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