What Beijing's Iran-Saudi Deal Means—and What It Doesn't | The Washington Institute
China brokered the agreement, but this does not signal a new Beijing-led order in the Middle East—in fact, it could make regional tensions worse.
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China brokered the agreement, but this does not signal a new Beijing-led order in the Middle East—in fact, it could make regional tensions worse.
Cipher Brief Expert John E. McLaughlin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as Acting Director of Central Intelligence from July to September 2004 and as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from October 2000 to July 2004. EXPERT TAKE – Getting Iran back into compliance with the 2015 agreement constraining its nuclear work will rank highly on President-elect Biden’s list of urgent foreign policy challenges. This will require untangling a web of interlocking problems left by the Trump administrat...
Biden's Big Iran Challenge Looms Copy link By John McLaughlin Copy link SourceAnadolu Agency via Getty WHY YOU SHOULD CARE John McLaughlin John McLaughlin is the former deputy director of the CIA. He writes a regular column on OZY called “Global Eye: Foreign Affairs Through an Intelligence Lens,” and teaches at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). January21, 2021 Getting Iran back into compliance with the 2015 agreement constraining its nuclear work will rank highly on President Joe Biden’s list of urgent foreign policy challenges. This will ...