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WHY THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WAS ALWAYS BOUND TO BREAK ANGGUN EMBON BULAN (4524023006) In 2015, a historic deal was signed between Iran and the world powers to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. On paper, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) looked like a diplomatic victory. World leaders praised it as a sign that negotiation could work even between long-standing rivals. But if we step back and look at it through a more realistic lens, things start to look different. Personally, I’ve always found international politics fascinating because of how often “peace” is used as a public goal, when in reality, every country seems to be playing its own power game. That’s exactly what the JCPOA was less about peace, more about strategic timing. In this piece, I want to look at the Iran nuclear deal using a theory called Realism in international relations. Realism basically says: countries aren’t friends. They’re players in a glob...