“Outside a truly limited number of countries that occupy a strategic position in Chinese diplomacy like Russia and North Korea, China is willing to provide economic and diplomatic support and sell weapons and train security forces. Yet, when push comes to shove, Beijing will stand aside, never truly committed to the survival of any regime.”
Andrea Ghiselli and Théo Nencini (ChinaMed Project, T.wai) are mentioned in the article “China senses opportunity as U.S. targets Iran and Venezuela” on The Washington Post.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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