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President Barack Obama spent much of his time in Asia warning Iran that his patience for nuclear diplomacy is wearing thin. "Iran has taken weeks now and has not shown its willingness to say yes to this proposal," Obama said Thursday in Seoul, referring to a deal under which Iran would export the bulk of its stock of enriched uranium to Russia for conversion into reactor fuel. "And so, as a consequence we have begun discussions with our international partners about the importance of having consequences...
...additional sanctions against Iran." And Friday's Brussels meeting simply reaffirmed disappointment in Iran's failure to embrace the deal thus far, but reiterated the commitment of the Western powers, Russia and China to continue to engage in dialogue with Tehran. (See pictures of the world's worst nuclear disasters...
Rather than reject the deal, outright, Tehran declares support for its framework, but has begun floating counter-proposals on the timing and scale of the Iranian uranium exports it would involve, aiming to avoid relinquishing most of Iran's existing nuclear fuel stock by the end of this year, as the Vienna proposals envisioned. Iran's foreign minister, Manoucher Mottaki, on Wednesday reiterated that Iran would not ship out its stockpile, "but can review swapping it simultaneously with nuclear fuel inside Iran." That's simply the latest in a series of counter-proposals floated through the media, none of which...
...terms of definitive progress, the Obama Administration will end the year having made little more headway than its predecessor: there will be no international climate pact this year, and the deadline for a nuclear-arms deal with Russia will slip into 2010. China offered no concessions on key issues like trade imbalances and human rights. (In fact, its authoritarian government prepped for Obama's arrival by detaining still more dissidents.) Elsewhere in the world, North Korea remains defiant, and Israel - spurning Obama's requests - has announced further settlement expansion. (See pictures of life in the settlements...
...North Korea, Obama announced that on Dec. 8 a U.S. diplomat will travel to North Korea to continue negotiations, but Obama said those discussions should focus on the nuclear issues and not "side items." He said he wanted to "break the pattern" of North Korea coming to the negotiating table followed by outward defiance of its own agreements. "The door is open to resolving these issues peacefully," Obama said...