What the War in Ukraine Can Teach the West about Iran
Putin’s war may serve as a model for future acts of aggression.
March 16, 2022
Putin’s war may serve as a model for future acts of aggression.
While much of the world has turned against Russia, negotiations between Western powers and the Islamic Republic continue. Emanuele Ottolenghi sees in the American and European determination to reach a compromise with an Iran uninterested in concessions a failure to draw the proper lesson from Vladimir Putin’s aggression. Both Tehran and Moscow are driven not by “rational calculations of self-interest,” but by their respective ideological zeal and a “determination to undermine and destroy the Western-[led] rules-based international order.” Attempts to accommodate either government, he concludes, will fail.
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While much of the world has turned against Russia, negotiations between Western powers and the Islamic Republic continue. Emanuele Ottolenghi sees in the American and European determination to reach a compromise with an Iran uninterested in concessions a failure to draw the proper lesson from Vladimir Putin’s aggression. Both Tehran and Moscow are driven not by “rational calculations of self-interest,” but by their respective ideological zeal and a “determination to undermine and destroy the Western-[led] rules-based international order.” Attempts to accommodate either government, he concludes, will fail.
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