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Europe Reacts to U.S. on JCPOA: Keep Calm and Negotiate On

Posted: May 10th, 2018

By Nick Fishwick

Nick Fishwick CMG retired after nearly thirty years in the British Foreign Service. His postings included Lagos, Istanbul and Kabul. His responsibilities in London included director of security and, after returning from Afghanistan in 2007, he served as director for counter-terrorism. His final role was as director general for international operations.

The word ‘resignation’ is being used here in London – not, for once, about the actual or potential departure of yet another of our ministers, but to describe Britain’s reaction to the US decision to pull out of the Iran deal.

Many people on this side of the Atlantic, right up to the last minute, hoped that Mr. Trump, perhaps seeing a potential contradiction between where he’s headed on North Korea and Iran, would pull back from full withdrawal from JCPOA. But that he did not pull back, is no great surprise.

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