Analysis
Counterpoint: Does the EU Deserve Praise for the Iran Deal?
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has been highly lauded for her role in securing a deal with Iran. But does she and the EU overall deserve such praise? Host Joshua Goodman poses that question and more to in-house experts Daniel Schwammenthal (Director, AJC Transatlantic Institute) and Jan Techau (Director, Carnegie Europe).
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European Parliament Hearing: Verify Before Trust—How to Engage Iran in the Nuclear Negotiations
AJC Transatlantic Institute Director Daniel Schwammenthal was invited by the Chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations to Israel, MEP Bas Belder, to discuss Iran's nuclear programme and the policy approach the EU should take moving forward. The presentation came one day after the P5+1 had completed a round of negotiations with Iran. Mr. Schwammenthal's presentation is below.Read more
Counterpoint: Any Progress in Geneva over Iran's Nuclear Program?
The P5+1 met with Iranian officials for two days of negotiations of the latter's illegal nuclear program. Years of talks have, to date, failed to make any progress. Was this time different? Joshua Goodman talks to Daniel Schwammenthal (Director of the AJC Transatlantic...
Counterpoint: Did the Rouhani 'Charm Offensive" Work at the UN?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani went to the UN to present a softer side to his country. Did it work? Joshua Goodman put that question to Roland Freudenstein of the Centre for European Studies.
AJC Transatlantic Institute Calls for the Cancellation of Planned Iran Visit
18 September 2013 - Brussels - The AJC Transatlantic Institute called on the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iran to halt plans for a visit to Tehran this fall. At today’s delegation meeting, Chair Tarja Cronberg (Greens/EFA, Finland) announced her...
AJC Welcomes Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh from Iranian Prison
September 18, 2013 – New York – AJC welcomed the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh from an Iranian prison today. A courageous women’s rights advocate and lawyer, Sotoudeh received the prestigious European Parliament 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Eleven other prisoners of conscience also...
Finally, EU Makes Hezbollah Pay for Terror in Europe
By Daniel Schwammenthal
26 July 2013
"We are all Hezbollah now...
EU and Hezbollah: Half a Loaf is Far Better Than No Loaf
By David Harris
The European Union has now designated the “military wing” of Hezbollah as a terrorist...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Welcomes the EU's Designation of Hezbollah's Military Wing
22 July 2013 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute welcomed the decision of the European Union at today’s Foreign Affairs Council to list the “military wing” of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
"Today’s decision by EU Foreign...
To Honor the Burgas Victims, Condemn Hezbollah
By Daniel Schwammenthal
The Wall Street Journal Europe
The tourists had just boarded...
Daniel Schwammenthal “Live From…” the European Council in Brussels
EU Foreign Ministers will meet on Monday, July 22, 2013 in the European Council building to discuss whether or not to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. Speaking from in front of that building just one day before the first anniversary of that horrific attack,...
