The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Can Kasapoğlu – nonresident senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and formerly Eisenhower fellow at the NATO Defense College in Italy and visiting scholar at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence in Estonia – is the 487th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.”
Compare and contrast China-Iran defense cooperation before and after the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran in June 2025.
The most significant shift in Chinese-Iranian defense dynamics following the 12-Day War stems from a third actor: the Russian Federation.
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