This report addresses two widely held beliefs about the nature of China’s engagement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that ought to be revisited in light of notable developments.
Leaders in both China and the United States well recognize that ifrelations between their nations are to improve, China must stepaway from assertive behaviors and look for peaceful ways to improverelations with Taiwan.
Current patterns of nuclearization in South Asia amply confirm the conclusion that although India and Pakistan have, at various points historically, supported the idea of abolishing nuclear weapons with various degrees of enthusiasm, that position has now been consigned to the dust heap of history.