The #TransEurasian #NewSilkRoad winds through #Moscow, aligned with #Putin’s #RevanchistDreams that include former #IronCurtain countries

Not really new, the audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative seeks to establish #CONTIGUOUS land & maritime routes from #China across #Eurasia

Only now, #MiddleEast nations #Iran, #GCC, & #ArabLeague joined China’s grand vision in hopes of reviving #Arabism, which hinges on eliminating both Israel & US #FromTheRiverToTheSea

#EyesOnSuez

https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/report/iran-looks-east-building-ties-china

Iran Looks East: Building Ties with China

Iran’s theocratic dictatorship, locked into a confrontation with the United States and many other states by its nuclear weapons ambitions and Islamist ideology, is drifting into China’s orbit. The Iran–China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement signed in Tehran in March 2021, and Iran’s admission to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)—the multilateral Eurasian diplomatic forum led by China and Russia—in September, underscore the expansion of political, economic, and strategic ties between Iran and China.

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