With just about every diplomatic effort failing to yield results, international efforts have increasingly given way to discussions about sanctions – and what mix of them would be needed to bring Iran to heel. In 2011, a renewed focus on comprehensive economic sanctions could turn out to be the bad idea whose time has arrived.
华盛顿——2010年，伊朗核计划的谈判模式始终无法摆脱流于形式之嫌。 在几乎所有努力折戟沉沙之后，国际外交已经越来越多地被有关制裁的探讨所取代——人们热衷于讨论如何运用制裁和谈判两种方式来迫使伊朗就范。 2011年，世界将再次关注全面经济制裁，这个糟糕的办法再度引起世人关注的时刻可能就在眼前。