Friends of Convenience or Necessity?: The China-Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the Ongoing Sino-Russian Partnership

April 9, 2021 On Tuesday, it was announced that the United States and Iran had agreed to establish working groups to attempt to get both sides back into compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). These working groups aim to achieve rollbacks of U.S. sanctions coupled with Iranian compliance with the accord’s

Foreign Policy Links for the week ending 4/2/2021

April 2, 2021 For the first time in a few months, personal scheduling difficulties means that there will be no new review post this week. However, that does not mean there are not TONS of interesting reports, briefs, articles, and commentaries being produced that I have been reading (and you should too!). To that end,

Contrasting Strategies: The Longer Telegram: Toward a New American China Strategy vs Toward an Inclusive & Balanced Regional Order: A New U.S. Strategy in East Asia

February 5, 2021 January saw the release of two comprehensive, wildly divergent, analyses of both the current state of the U.S.-China relationship, as well as the future direction and tone it should take. They are the Atlantic Council’s “The Longer Telegram: Toward a New American China Strategy” by an anonymous former senior government official, with