Yang Jiemian, Senior Fellow and Chairman of SIIS Academic Affairs Council
Jul 28, 2015
As the world becomes increasingly multi-polar, there has been much discussion of a new model for major-power relations and how they might shape a modern world order. The recent breakthrough in negotiations with Iran shows that the idea is moving from rhetoric to reality.
Wu Zurong, Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Jul 23, 2015
The most fundamental driving force for the pact is the profound and deepening development toward a multipolar world. Economic globalization has closely integrated the interests of all countries, and the conception of a community of common destiny for all mankind has taken root, replacing the sort of unilateralism most recently practiced by the United States.
Jin Liangxiang, Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
Jul 10, 2015
Even an inconclusive agreement will benefit both countries, as US dominance of the global marketplace declines and makes remaining sanctions less workable.
Wu Sike, Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, CPPCC
Jul 08, 2015
Mutual trust has been slow to evolve on the political front, but that continues to be key for any meaningful deal.
Nathan Gardels, Editor-in-chief, THEWORLDPOST
Apr 10, 2015
Zbigniew Brzezinski is one of America’s leading strategic thinkers. He was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter at the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and during the ensuing hostage crisis. He spoke with The WorldPost about the recently negotiated agreement with Iran on its nuclear program.
Jin Liangxiang, Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
Apr 03, 2015
It has been argued that China has benefitted from U.S. sanctions in Iran, and will lose out in the case of a U.S.-Iran détente. Yet hostility has already severely undermined China’s economic relations with Iran, and though China and the U.S. do share the same security concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, they have different ideas for solutions.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Apr 01, 2015
After years of fruitless efforts to prevent Iran from conducting any uranium enrichment, U.S. negotiators today join with their Chinese counterparts in seeking to contain, rather than eliminate, Iran’s nuclear weapons potential. However, while Chinese policy makers do not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, they oppose the use of military force or severe sanctions to prevent it. Richard Weitz highlights a China – U.S. competition for economic advantage in Iran, a dynamic that may define future talks.
Jin Liangxiang, Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
Jan 08, 2014
Will China take a more proactive role in resolving the Iranian nuclear issue? As Dr. Jin Liangxiang explains, China remains an economic victim in the dispute and must promote reconciliation between the West and Iran.
Li Shaoxian, President, China Institute for The Study of Arabian Countries, Ningxia University
Dec 11, 2013
Li Zhaoxian writes that the interim agreement on Iran does not bode well for a fundamental change in US-Iran relations, and that the eventual resolution of the nuclear issue will likely remain an extravagant hope.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Nov 19, 2013
During the past week’s acrimonious public debate over the stalled nuclear negotiations in Geneva regarding Iran, China has escaped public censure. Beijing’s low profile was not due to indifference, but to China’s complex relationship with Iran and the United States.