The Agreed Framework was an agreement to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons, and in return the United States would provide the necessary means to substitute those nuclear facilities with those that would produce clean energy to power the country. More importantly, the agreement signified America’s ideals of maintaining promises. The opposite proved to be true, as the United States failed to uphold its part of the agreement, and nine years later the agreement broke down, resulting in North Korea’s withdrawal from the agreement; this failure would provide North Korea with the motivation to pursue nuclear power once again. Unfortunately, nine years after the failed agreement, the United States has failed in keeping promises to Iran. It’s possible that Iranian rebellion is a response to the strict sanctions and failed promised made to it by the United States. The question still remains, how would a nuclear Iran affect the well-being of the world? Because the U.S. hasn’t been able to break to the Iranian government for reasons like not upholding its promises, no one knows the true reason why Iran is in pursuit of nuclear power. However, on thing is important- If America wishes to reach improved foreign relations with Iran, and then it must begin to work towards keeping its word and allowing …show more content…
Even amidst all of the chaos in the Middle East, two “…historic rivals India and Pakistan signed a treaty agreeing not to target each other’s nuclear facilities…Since then, even in the face of deterrent was the instability produced by challenges to it” (Waltz 5). It’s apparent that countries who appear to be instable are actually the opposite; these countries behave in this way as a response to the oppressive sanctions placed upon them by foreign countries. In Iran’s case, the best possible approach to dealing with their pursuit of nuclear power is to leave them alone. If America wishes to let Iran back take control of their country, then it must be in conjunction with the country-not oppressing it so that rebellion can take over the “unstable”