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Has diplomacy reached the end in the Middle East?

By Bashdar Ismaeel - posted Wednesday, 27 May 2009

By the end of 2009, Iranians hope to have the Bushehr nuclear power plant, built with the help of the Russians in spite of strong US objections, in full swing. This is in addition to two nuclear sites in Natanz and Arak

Iranian military arsenal

Iran clearly has a thirst for power and will continue to pursue advances to its military and technological arsenal. While Iranians in theory may be appeased to stop nuclear ambitions, the threat of Iran as a military force will continue.

To the concern of Israel, Iran ballistic technology is increasingly reaching greater distances, while earlier this year to coincide with the symbolic importance of the 30th anniversary of the Islamist revolution, it successfully launched of an Iranian satellite with its own rocket. This has only increased Western apprehension that the ground-breaking missile technology could be used in tandem with the delivery of nuclear warheads.

If the US and its allies are intent on resolving the most pertinent Middle Eastern issues, then they must show that they are ready to deploy a level of dialogue and diplomacy to find a long-term solution to such issues.

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First published in the Kurdish Globe on May 9, 2009.

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About the Author

Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel is a London-based freelance writer and analyst, whose primary focus and expertise is on the Kurds, Iraq and Middle Eastern current affairs. The main focus of his writing is to promote peace, justice and increase awareness of the diversity, suffering and at times explosive mix in Iraq and the Middle East.