January 05, 2020

Europe Tries to Balance Iran and the U.S. After Strike

Featuring: Rachel Rizzo

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Journalists: Laurence Norman, Daniel Michaels

Escalating steps by Tehran and Washington are raising the pressure on European leaders to pick sides in a conflict they have been seeking to defuse for months.

On Sunday, Iran said it would abandon limits placed on its nuclear-enrichment under a 2015 nuclear deal struck with European powers and the U.S., days after a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander sent tensions soaring.

Read the full story and more in The Wall Street Journal.

Author

  • Rachel Rizzo

    Former Adjunct Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program

    Rachel Rizzo is an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), working in the Transatlantic Security Program. Her research focuses on European security, N...