Role of European Union as Peace Broker- Analysis of Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA)
Creators: name: Shahiryar, Muhammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200515 Other European Literature
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 140210 International Economics and International Finance
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 180107 Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)
subject: FOS: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: 200103 International and Development Communication
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 180116 International Law (excl. International Trade Law)
subject: 180117 International Trade Law
subject: 150308 International Business
subject: 20299 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 160510 Public Policy
subject: 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
subject: 160603 Comparative Government and Politics
subject: 160606 Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
subject: 200523 Middle Eastern Literature

description: Iran’s nuclear stalemate is an important issue which has the ability to alter the regional peace and stability that is already destabilized due to several prolonged conflicts between the regional states and global actors. Iranian government insisted on the continuation of their nuclear quest while the regional players are against it and also argued that, if it is not stopped, they will also initiate their nuclear programs and a nuclear race in the region is predicted. The negotiations were held between Iran and the global players to reduce the tension between the stakeholders and the credit goes to the European Union, which undertook this responsibility and acted as a peace broker. This thesis was aimed to emphasizes on the EU role as Peace Broker in this important issue and also by analyzing EU-Iran relationship concerning Iran’s Nuclear Deal (JCPOA). It focuses on the relationship between the two after JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action) and how Iran has developed its relationship with the European Union over the years. The efforts that have been put by the European Union to solve the disputes caused by Iran’s nuclear program is in no doubt one of the most aspiring, impressive and high-profile action for nonproliferation taken by the EU to date. This dissertation also put some light on US stances against Iran’s nuclear deal and the main agenda behind JCPOA. Under the light of the EU as a peacemaker, EU’s efforts as a peacemaker and peacebuilding in different parts of the world are discussed as well. The thesis was done through the lens of post-positivism. A qualitative methodology was adopted to unearth the facts and discover the dynamics behind the EU role in Iran’s Nuclear Deal. As most of the approaches in International Relations (IR) agree that the researcher should be involved in the research, using qualitative methodologies, to best discover the facts and analyze them through interpretive approaches. Due to the qualitative nature of the study, where study needs in-depth analysis, the scholar conducted a series of interviews with the experts, such as Syed Hussain Mousavian (Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Expert at Princeton University, US) and Erzsébet Nagyné Rózsa (Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, as well as Associate Professor at the National University of Public Service, Budapest) and so many other prominent experts at the global level. The results revealed that the EU successfully played its role in Iran’s Nuclear Deal and still working to keep the deal intact after US withdrawal from the deal.