3 Questions: Jim Walsh on the elusive U.S.-Iran nuclear treaty
Can the U.S. and Iran reach a permanent agreement to restrict Iran’s nuclear program? For several months, the countries have operated under an interim agreement limiting Iran’s activities, but it expires this fall. MIT will host a public event on the topic this Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 7-9 p.m. in the Stata Center’s Room 32-155, co-hosted by the Technology and Culture Forum at MIT. The forum features Jim Walsh, a research associate in MIT’s Security Studies Program and an expert in international security and nuclear nonproliferation. MIT News spoke with Walsh about the prospects for a deal. Q. What is the status of U.S.-Iran negotiations right now, as you see them, with the expiration of the interim agreement just two months away? A. I think we’re both very close and far away at the same time. There has been a very successful interim agreement in place, where all the parties have fulfilled...