The White House is shrouded in haze in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
Double standards and inconsistencies also invite other states to do the same and pushback against Western power rather than focusing on global cooperation.
NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Despite the fact that U.S. President Joe Biden lambasted the Trump administration for the decision to quit the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and suggested he would return to it during his presidential campaign, the Biden administration has yet to formally return the United States as a party to the agreement, said an article published by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft on Wednesday.
Rather than fixing an issue of its own making, the United States has masked the growing nuclear predicament with Iran in the pretense of Iranian violations of the deal and issues outside the nuclear file, said the article.
The case of the JCPOA, including U.S. violations of the deal and its obstinate refusal to accept responsibility, reveals a larger dilemma in the West and of U.S. foreign policy specifically: hypocrisy, it said.
"The significance of this impasse cannot be overlooked for its impact in global political affairs," the article noted.
In reality, internationalism and international bodies can only work if the rules within this so-called "rules-based order" are applied consistently and fairly across the board, otherwise they become tools of power and imperialism, it added.
"Double standards and inconsistencies also invite other states to do the same and pushback against Western power rather than focusing on global cooperation," it said.
"These inconsistencies expose a concerning truth. That we are not interested in internationalism or the rules-based order we so adamantly promote. Instead, what we are interested in is power politics and maintaining a world order where U.S. dominance takes precedence over international cooperation," the article added. ■
