Interview with Former Chinese senior colonel: "Iran must not develop nuclear weapons"

Former Chinese Senior Military Colonel and China Forum expert at Tsinghua University Zhou Bo sat with the INSS’ Tuvia Gering to talk about China’s “new security architecture for the Middle East.”

What does it imply for America’s current security framework in the region? Most importantly, what will China do if Iran acquires a nuclear weapon or is attacked by an Israeli-US-Gulf coalition; will Beijing support their efforts to prevent proliferation, or is the Sino-US rivalry so intense that China is willing to support Iran in its hostility toward the West, the same way it supports Russia in its war of aggression in Ukraine?