The Iran Deal: What Next for America?

April 19, 2016

All Day

Sphinx Room at the Ohio Union

Speakers:

- Jessica Tuchman Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

- Richard Nephew, Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution and Program Director at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

- Richard Herrmann, Professor & Department Chair, Department of Political Science and Interim Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University

On July 14, 2015 by the U.S., Iran, and five other nations (the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France and Germany) signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a 159-page long historic agreement.

What is Iran giving up and how does it benefit in the long run? The primary goal (from the U.S. perspective) is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Iran has agreed to restrict many of its nuclear programs and allow international inspectors access to sensitive sites. In return, the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations will lift economic sanctions that have helped cripple Iran’s economy over the past ten years.

Join us as we discuss these important questions with two experts in the field, Jessica Tuchman Mathews and Richard Nephew.

The person to RSVP to for the Iran event tomorrow is Christina Murphy murphy.1518@osu.edu

Co-sponsors: The Mershon Center for International Security Studies; The Political Science Department; The Columbus Council on World Affairs; the Iran Project