{"id":3335,"date":"2020-02-05T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=3335"},"modified":"2020-02-05T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:52:13","slug":"l-ewropa-tista-tintalab-tghin-fkaz-ta-eskalazzjoni-fil-konflitt-bejn-l-istati-uniti-u-l-iran","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/l-ewropa-tista-tintalab-tghin-fkaz-ta-eskalazzjoni-fil-konflitt-bejn-l-istati-uniti-u-l-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe could be asked to step in if the conflict between the US and Iran were to escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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International relations analysts<\/span>\u00a0are keeping a close eye on all that is happening between the US and Iran.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The consequences of escalating\u00a0<\/span>tension between\u00a0<\/span>the two sides would be felt globally, primarily in Europe. This is because Europe is geographically close to the Middle East and the two regions both border the Mediterranean Sea.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he Director of the<\/span>\u00a0Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies<\/span>\u00a0(MEDAC)<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Stephen Calleya<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0told\u00a0<\/span>Voice of the Workers<\/span><\/i>\u00a0that the consequences would be felt in each sector. There will be a negative impact on commerce, business and tourism \u2013<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the biggest impact will be o<\/span>n the economic sector.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said that if the situation\u00a0<\/span>were to\u00a0<\/span>degenerate further, it is not excluded that Europe be asked to participate in the conflict in some way or another. European countries could be asked to provide humanitarian aid. Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0said that by Europe here we mean the European countries that are NATO members not the European Union.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked for his reaction to\u00a0<\/span>US President Donald Trump\u2019s statement that \u201cthe time has come for Europe to end the nuclear deal it has with Iran\u201d, Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0said that the nuclear deal that was made in 2015 is completely irrelevant. Times have changed and\u00a0<\/span>the US and Iran had already made\u00a0<\/span>certain decisions<\/span>. The geo-strategic situation has evolved in such a way that\u00a0<\/span>referring back to\u00a0<\/span>that deal<\/span>\u00a0would\u00a0<\/span>require the<\/span>\u00a0protagonists<\/span>\u00a0to meet and renegotiate it in a way that ensures that Iran does not obtain arms of mass destruction. The negotiated package would need to be comprehensive and cover other sources of instability, from terrorism to the proliferation of arms, and include economic and diplomatic incentive.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0said that if<\/span>\u00a0Iran were to accept this there would need to be economic support for Iran from the international community, as was the case in the previous deal.\u00a0 Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0added that the important thing was that as a result of\u00a0<\/span>each agreement Iran would need to be politically accepted in international relations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This could not happen overnight.<\/span>\u00a0 The important thing is that conflict escalation is avoided.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>said that he does not agree with the\u00a0<\/span>Times of Malta<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>editorial that s<\/span>tated that President Trump has \u2018placed the world in danger.\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>He said that everyone is entitled to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>defend their interests and the\u00a0<\/span>blamegame<\/span>\u00a0does not solve anything in international relations as there will always be yet another incident which one country blames another for.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0went on to say that the\u00a0<\/span>blamegame<\/span>\u00a0and justification of actions will not<\/span>\u00a0solve anything. What could happen is that the US and Iran<\/span>\u00a0work together to change the present and,\u00a0<\/span>above<\/span>\u00a0all, work for a better future.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The MEDAC director said that such references to President Trump are subjective and being objective entails a serious analysis. \u201cIn international relations it is never one country\u2019s fault. We need to be meticulous in our analysis and identify how one action occurred as a direct result of another action,\u201d Professor\u00a0<\/span>Calleya<\/span>\u00a0concluded.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  International relations analysts\u00a0are keeping a close eye on all that is happening between the US and Iran.\u00a0 The consequences of escalating\u00a0tension between\u00a0the two sides would be felt globally, primarily […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3331,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[151],"issuem_issue_categories":[9],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3335"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3337,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3335\/revisions\/3337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}