Montenegro and Albania are frontrunners for EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, but they can’t just sit back and wait. To meet their 2030 accession ambitions, they must make a strong positive case.
Dimitar Bechev, Iliriana Gjoni
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While the nuclear accord with Iran has curbed their nuclear program, the West’s relationship with Iran remains challenging.
Source: Charlie Rose
Looking back on one year since Iran and the P5+1 reached an historic agreement, Karim Sadjadpour speaks with Bloomberg’s Charlie Rose on the effects of the agreement on Iranian nuclear proliferation as well as Iran’s foreign policy and domestic politics.
This interview was originally aired by Bloomberg's Charlie Rose.
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
Ray Takeyh
David Sanger
David E. Sanger is the national security correspondent for the New York Times and a senior writer for the paper.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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