Iran-Russia-China Trilateral Naval Exercise : China’s New Mideast Strategy?

• Main Author: Yang, Zi
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Military and naval science; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136692
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the first-ever such manoeuvre, the navies of Iran, Russia, and China concluded 2019 with a joint exercise not far from the Strait of Hormuz. Does the joint exercise foreshadow a shift in China’s Middle East strategy that would benefit Iran?