Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Iran to Face New E.U. Sanctions, Brown Says."
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Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Iran to Face New E.U. Sanctions, Brown Says."
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Monday for new European sanctions against Iranian banking, oil and natural gas interests, signaling a growing willingness by Western allies to join President Bush in punishing Tehran for its nuclear enrichment program.
But Julianne Smith of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington cast the announcement as merely a continuation of the sanctions policy pursued over the last three years. "Many European leaders are now waiting to see what the next U.S. president will do vis-a-vis Iran," Smith said. " . . . This will continue to be a sticking point in our relationship with Europe as both sides of the Atlantic differ on how best to balance carrots and sticks." Read the article
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