From the Sudan war’s escalating violence to the Iran war driving energy shocks, fuel shortages, and fiscal strain across North Africa, and Europe scrambling to diversify energy sources in North Africa and secure new supply routes
China shifts energy strategy toward North Africa amid Hormuz disruption, deepening oil diversification and accelerating green cooperation with Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt
Zhao Hai, Director of the International Politics Program in the National Institute for Global Strategy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, returns to the Trialogue to discuss the impact of the US-Israeli war with Iran, the state of US-China trade relations, the future of international institutions, and the prospects of stabilizing cross-strait relations, among other subjects.
Israel’s assassination campaign has led to the promotion of IRGC old-timers who are likely to prove more hostile to the U.S. and less nimble in negotiating an end to the war
From Sahel security recalibration to Iran war aftershocks, North Africa faces energy shocks, fiscal strain, and intensifying competition over influence.
