Russian and Chinese Strategic Gains from the US–Iran War

Neither Moscow nor Beijing has entered the war openly. Both are extracting strategic value from it, but for different reasons, through different instruments, and with sharply different exposure to its costs. The United States, Russia, and China are the three states with genuinely global aspirations, and each has spent the past decade positioning itself for a world in which American … Continue reading Russian and Chinese Strategic Gains from the US–Iran War