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Today, 22 August 2026

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19 / 08 : Iran Amidst US-China Rivalry
17 / 08 : Huawei: From a Sanctioned Company to the Backbone of China’s Technological Power
15 / 08 : ?How China Is Changing the Rules of AI Competition
08 / 08 : Visit of an Iranian Delegation to the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS)
05 / 08 : Report on the First “China Horizon” Meeting
29 / 07 : Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Iranian Institute for Belt and Road Studies and the Center of Excellence in International Studies at the University of Tehran.
28 / 07 : Strategic Convergence of Saudi Vision 2030 and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (2015–2024)
16 / 07 : A brief summery + Book Introduction: How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
27 / 06 : Redefining the Geopolitics of Eurasia through the Belt and Road Initiative: A Comparison with the Marshall Plan within the Framework of Structural Realism
17 / 06 : The Chinese Sun Over Riyadh: The Political Economy of Energy Transition in Beijing-Riyadh Relations
05 / 05 : اژدهای شرقی در دشت‌های آفریقا: چگونه چین خود را بدیلِ غرب معرفی می‌کند؟
28 / 04 : The birth of the Tokyo-Canberra axis: new guardians of the Western maritime order against China
19 / 04 : Network Realism: Controlling Strategic Nodes as an Instrument of Power in the 21st Century
25 / 02 : Strategic Convergence in Clean Energy: China–UAE Cooperation in Solar Energy Projects
21 / 02 : China’s Approach to the Current International Order
17 / 02 : Cautious Multipolarization of Currency: Constraints and Capacities of the Renminbi
16 / 02 : Report on the holding of the specialized school “Cyberspace Governance in China”
15 / 02 : Spring Festival: Tradition, Identity, and Cultural Functions in Contemporary China
12 / 02 : China’s Approach toward Domestic and International Threats against Iran: The Paradigm of National Sovereignty and the Global Security Initiative
10 / 02 : Members of the Iranian Institute for Belt and Road Studies attend the opening ceremony of “New Year at the Museum” in Shanghai

Author: Younes Koulivand (PhD student in International Relations, Imam Sadiq University)

Notes

Opportunities and Challenges of Aligning China’s and Iran’s Middle Eastern Foreign Policies

Younes Koulivand (PhD student in International Relations, Imam Sadiq University) 13 September 2025

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The Belt and Road Strategic Studies Institute has commenced its activities with the aim of expanding strategic cooperation between Iran and China and further benefiting from the New Silk Road initiative (Belt and Road Initiative). This institute has obtained the necessary licenses from competent authorities, and its core consists of expert and experienced thinkers and researchers in the field of Iran and China strategic studies.

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