At a Meeting With Xi Next Month, Trump Will Be on the Back Foot; How North Korea Won; Can Saudi Arabia Keep Hedging?
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This week’s highlights:

- The Iran War Is a Win for China by Andrew P. Miller and Michael Clark

- How North Korea Won by Jung H. Pak

- Can Saudi Arabia Keep Hedging? by Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr

- How to Fight an Economic War by Edward Fishman

- Podcast: Jake Sullivan considers whether America is losing the high ground

- America and Iran’s Long Road to Peace by Seyed Hossein Mousavian

- How China and Russia Can Exploit the Iran War by Jon B. Alterman and Ali Vaez

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, October 2025

The Iran War Is a Win for China

At a Meeting With Xi Next Month, Trump Will Be on the Back Foot

By Andrew P. Miller and Michael Clark

 

How North Korea Won

The Strange Triumph of Kim Jong Un

By Jung H. Pak

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2026

Can Saudi Arabia Keep Hedging?

The Iran War Has Altered the Gulf’s Balance of Power—and the Kingdom’s Calculus

By Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr

 

How to Fight an Economic War

A Field Manual for a Ruptured World

By Edward Fishman

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