The Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation after Recent U.S.–Iran Negotiations

The latest round of negotiations between the United States and Iran in Switzerland may not yet qualify as a historic breakthrough but it may become one of those moments historians later identify as a turning point. After years of sanctions, proxy confrontations, military escalation and the gradual weakening of arms-control trust, both sides have returned to a familiar but difficult instrument: diplomacy. Recent talks reportedly produced a roadmap towards a broader settlement and continued technical discussions on nuclear and regional security issues. The larger question is no longer whether Washington and Tehran can talk. It is whether diplomacy can still protect the global nuclear non-proliferation order. Background: Why U.S.–Iran Relations Matter Beyond Two Countries Relations between the United States and […]