“I think China sees Iran as an important counterpart. It provides energy and natural resources. It’s also useful because it distracts American policymakers at certain moments. But I don’t think China feels obliged to rescue it. Maybe when the dust finally settles, it will provide some kind of support, but it doesn’t feel obligated to intervene.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is interviewed in the podcast “Did the Iran War Just Hand China a Strategic Crisis?” of the China Global South Project.
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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