article_snippet: (CNN)There is plenty of noise surrounding the nuclear deal that is being negotiated with Iran.
article_snippet: To answer the question of what to do about Iran's activities, it is important to understand that the nuclear agreement, while the nuclear agreement has little to do with Iran's arms transfers or extracurricular activities in the region, can lay the groundwork for a far more serious engagement about Iran's role in the region -- and in a manner that addresses head-on the concerns of Iran Sunni neighbors, many of whom are eager to resume longstanding trading relationships with Iran.
article_snippet: The reality is that Iran's reemergence into the international community in a postnuclear deal environment would allow the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to assert the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interests in the region, and to lay out expectations of Iran as a constructive partner.
article_snippet: It might even lead to quiet, back-channel diplomacy about the future of Syria without al-Assad.
article_snippet: None of this is possible in the absence of the nuclear deal.
article_snippet: Ultimately, as important as the nuclear issue is, the real promise of a deal is only partially about limiting the country's nuclear ambitions -- the real promise of a deal is also about returning stability to a shattered region, exhausted and impoverished by war.
article_snippet: Iran, the United States and Gulf allies can be partners in such a process with clear eyes and no illusions about how difficult it will be.
article_snippet: A nuclear deal is just the beginning.
highlights_snippet: Talks are continuing over Iran's nuclear program .
  
highlights_snippet: A nuclear deal is just the beginning .