Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the International Security Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush and Allies Embrace Possible Iran Sanctions."
In the Media | Detail
Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the International Security Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush and Allies Embrace Possible Iran Sanctions."
KRANJ, Slovenia (AP) — President Bush claimed progress Tuesday in his legacy-shaping drive to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, winning European promises to tighten pressure on Tehran with U.N. sanctions and possibly other new penalties.
But Jon Wolfsthal, an expert in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said they won't have much impact.
Bush has little leverage left with either Iran or Europe, he said, and the chances of getting Russia and China to go along with any new U.N. sanctions proposal are remote, he said. He said European cooperation on banking restrictions were due to widespread recognition that the Iran program "cannot be allowed to drift until the United States has a new president."
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions; accordingly, all views, positions, and conclusions expressed in these publications should be understood to be solely those of the authors.
