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Demise Of The UN Track

The P5+1 (the U.S., England, France, Russia, China and Germany) met again today in an effort to hammer out a third round of sanctions against Iran. Quite predictably, the results have been less than stellar.

Administration officials are attempting to put a positive spin on the diplomatic deadlock. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called the differences between the parties merely "tactical." The reality of the situation, however, is quite a bit more grim; in the wake of the new NIE, U.S. policy toward Iran is all carrots and no sticks, something that Russia and China - which are two of Iran's key economic and strategic partners - know all too well.

topics:
Iran, Russia

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Ilan Berman is vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C.

http://spectator.org/blog/2007/12/20/demise-of-the-un-track

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