Diplomacy in Bad Faith: American–Iranian Relations Today

Kaussler, Bernd; Anthony, Brown N.

doi:10.1080/09592296.2012.679493

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“…Their attitudes confirmed that the Gulf Elites have abandoned following these newspapers, either in favour of international news channels or because they have different agendas and interests (reflecting their behavioural attitudes) (Fahmy, 2010). It was not clear why our respondents abandoned these newspapers, but their attitudes may be understood in terms of political stance regarding the crisis (Kaussler & Newkirk, 2012;Wehrey, 2014). The respondents also considered the emotional factor in following these newspapers, especially regarding their lack of free time.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…At the same time, US-Iran bilateral ties have witnessed bad-faith diplomacy, especially concerning the nuclear programme and consequent sanctions (Jahanbani, 2020;Kaussler & Newkirk, 2012). The 2019 US-Iran political conflict, created as a result of the killing of Iran's Major General Qasem Soleimani, in a "defensive action", has further damaged the future possibility of negotiations (Thomas, 2020).…”

Section: Gulf Elites and The Us-iran Political Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gulf Elites’ Dependence on International Press in Times of Crisis: The US-Iran crisis 2019-2020

Ziani

Elareshi

Chaudhary

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International press coverage is often considered a legitimate source of informed opinion, especially during a political conflict such as the US-Iran crisis in 2019-2020. The international press coverage needs an in-depth understanding of such socio-political relationships to understand direct media effects and media dependability. Most studies have examined the intersection of international relations with communication and media studies and failed to consider the effects of emotional, cognitive and behavioural media on other non-state actors involved in the conflict. This study attempts to identify the degree to which the Gulf Elites – powerful non-state actors – depend and prefer the international press (newspapers) for following news coverage of the crisis, their news coverage professionalism, and news sources. An online survey was conducted with a snowball sampling technique which resulted in more than 200 Gulf Elites (following Al-Din Hassan’s classification) in five Gulf countries: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, and Kuwait. The research indicated that, overall, these newspapers were followed/read to some extent, with a preference for accessing them online, confirming the ease of online accessibility in the region. The two UK newspapers were highly preferred compared to the two US and French newspapers. However, the news coverage of the crisis was described as lacking professionalism, and respondents showed a lack of interest in following such coverage, highlighting the emergence of Pan-Arab media. Keywords: American-Iranian relationship, Gulf Elites, news sources, international press, colonialism.

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Section: Gulf Elites and The Us-iran Political Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gulf Elites’ Dependence on International Press in Times of Crisis: The US-Iran crisis 2019-2020

Ziani

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Chaudhary

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“…Even though the Obama administration shed a single-minded reliance on unilateralism that was prevalent under George W. Bush, the application of coercive diplomacy still guides US strategy with the Islamic Republic of Iran. 84 Caught in this cold-war-like security dilemma, the Europeans had largely been seen by Iran as the honest broker, mediating between both parties and flying kites about potentially acceptable negotiation formulas or initiatives. To that end, Iran has used negotiations as an effort to balance against US pressure.…”

Section: Iranian Diplomacymentioning

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From Engagement to Containment: EU–Iran Relations and the Nuclear Programme, 1992–2011

Kaussler¹

2012

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

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The paper surveys current EU-Iran relations, analysing both European Union statecraft towards Iran and the geo-strategic and economic determinants informing diplomacy. Since 1992, the EU's relations with Iran have been based on the framework of 'constructive engagement' in order to address areas of mutual concern through direct contact and dialogue. It is argued that since 2004, the EU has largely abandoned constructive engagement. Rather, the EU-3 have aligned themselves with US policy and shifted focus to Iran's alleged nuclear weaponization and supported Washington's strategy of deterrence and containment. It is argued that this shift in EU strategy has resulted in Iran moving closer to Turkey as a new third party mediator and strategic ally and has so far prevented an EU-brokered initiative to break the stalemate.

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“…US-Iran non-relations since Iranian revolution have been characterized by 'mistrust, misperception, suspicion and mutual hostility' (Kaussler & Newkirk, 2012). Ali Ansari deconstructed US hostility (Democrats and Republicans alike) towards Iran: Iran was blamed for fall of Jimmy Carter as well as Iran-Contra affairs followed by criminal proceedings of several members in Reagan administration (Kaussler & Newkirk, 2012). Nature of Iranian revolution was many ways with ideological conflicts with American hegemonic worldview and Western liberalism.…”

Section: What Is the Problem With Iran?mentioning

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India’s Policy towards Iran

Baidya

2017

International Studies

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The article examines the ambiguities and complexities in India’s Iran policy. This is an attempt to understand India’s relations with West Asia through the prism of India’s Iran policy. This article hypothesizes that India’s Iran policy is the prisoner of India’s ambitions and its relations with major powers vis-à-vis other West Asian actors. In a multi-layered approach, the article captures tensions between policy and politics. Prior to the signing of Iranian Nuclear Deal, Iran–India relations suffered due to US pressure and India could not forge independent policy towards Iran. At this point of time, situation is not much different. The article is an attempt to understand why India has failed to maintain the fine balance between different actors in West Asia’s political scape.

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Diplomacy in Bad Faith: American–Iranian Relations Today

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Gulf Elites’ Dependence on International Press in Times of Crisis: The US-Iran crisis 2019-2020

Gulf Elites’ Dependence on International Press in Times of Crisis: The US-Iran crisis 2019-2020

From Engagement to Containment: EU–Iran Relations and the Nuclear Programme, 1992–2011

India’s Policy towards Iran

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