02739nam 22005535 450 991030049990332120230810193248.09783319742984331974298110.1007/978-3-319-74298-4(CKB)4100000003359325(MiAaPQ)EBC5345496(DE-He213)978-3-319-74298-4(PPN)259453072(Perlego)3492422(EXLCZ)99410000000335932520180409d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEurope and Iran's Nuclear Crisis Lead Groups and EU Foreign Policy-Making /by Riccardo Alcaro1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (76 pages)Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics,2662-58819783319742977 3319742973 This book investigates the European involvement in managing the nuclear dispute with Iran, shedding new light on EU foreign policy-making. The author focuses on the peculiar format through which the EU managed Iran's nuclear issue: a 'lead group' consisting of France, Germany and the UK and the High Representative for EU foreign policy (E3/EU). The experience of the E3/EU lends credibility to the claim that lead groups give EU foreign policy direction and substance. The E3/EU set up a negotiating framework that worked as a de-escalating tool, a catalyst for Security Council unity and a forum for crisis management. They inflicted pain on Iran by adopting a comprehensive sanctions regime, but did so only having secured US commitment to a diplomatic solution. Once the deal was reached, they defended it vigorously. The E3/EU may have been supporting actors, but their achievements were real. .Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics,2662-5881EuropePolitics and governmentInternational relationsSecurity, InternationalEuropean PoliticsForeign PolicyInternational Security StudiesEuropePolitics and government.International relations.Security, International.European Politics.Foreign Policy.International Security Studies.327.174Alcaro Riccardoauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut597183BOOK9910300499903321Europe and Iran’s Nuclear Crisis2268348UNINA