As the West focuses its resources on defeating Putin’s monstrous war, other adversaries are flexing their muscles. Beijing is sending warships to circle Japan and record numbers of jets into Taiwanese airspace. In Iran, the West faces the imminent prospect of a nuclear armed adversary that would imperil our security and upend the regional order – not that you’d know it from the noises coming out of Western capitals.
Since President Biden’s inauguration, the US, along with the UK, France and Germany, has been pleading with Iran to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – the well-intentioned but fatally flawed nuclear agreement. Last week the latest rounds of talks began in Doha, and, like a metronome, Iran stalled progress by bringing up settled disputes. Meanwhile, its nuclear programme continues apace.
