Meddling or Bargaining? Emmanuel Macron's Iran Initiative

Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

English - September 09, 2019 11:49 - 34 minutes - 28 MB - ★★★★★ - 89 ratings
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This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses with experts Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey the French president Emmanuel Macron's bold initiative: Europeans are now to explore a credit line for Iran to entice the sanctions-battered country to keep abiding by an international nuclear deal. But the US and president Trump are sceptical.Bookshelf:"Crashed" by Adam Tooze"21 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Harari"Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History" by Richard J. EvansThe podcast was recorded on 6 September 2019Picture: MSC / Balk

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