Daniel Shapiro, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University and former US Ambassador to Israel, spoke today (Thursday) at a conference on Iran of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University and addressed the expected policy of US President Joe Biden on the threat The Iranian nuclear program.
“President Biden has no illusions about the nature of the Iranian regime or its danger to Israel and the region,” said Shapiro, who is considered close to Biden. “Iran is approaching a break-in and this is a dangerous situation that Biden has to deal with.”
“To ensure that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons and to deal with its regional aggressiveness, the United States must mobilize a broad international coalition, or at least the cooperation of its European allies, to balance Russia and China.”
“President Biden understands that the nuclear deal was never the end of nuclear diplomacy, but its beginning. The vision is a broad agreement that will ensure that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons.”
“Israel can be a partner in the process of creating US policy. As long as there is a willingness to sit in a deep, closed consultation as it has been in the past. The Biden administration and its advisers are ready to hear and receive the intelligence, analysis and knowledge of the Israeli side. “