China’s Plan to Dominate the Middle East Centers Around Iran
The agreement with Iran could end up being the first major foray of many that gave Beijing a long reach into the Middle East at the expense of the United States, and even Russia.
Ross Harrison is a senior fellow and director of research at the Middle East Institute. He is also on the faculty of the Political Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Previously, he was a professor in the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University. With Paul Salem, he co-edited Escaping the Conflict Trap: Toward Ending Civil Wars in the Middle East (2019)
Alex Vatanka is the director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute. He is the author of two books: “The Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran: The United States, Foreign Policy and Political Rivalry Since 1979” (2021) and “Iran and Pakistan: Security, Diplomacy, and American Influence” (2015). You can follow him at @AlexVatanka.
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