Sources for this week’s episode include:
- Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr in “A New Order in the Middle East?” from Foreign Affairs
- Jon Gambrell in “Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties, with China’s help” from the Associated Press
- Adam Gallagher, Sarhang Hamsaeed, and Garrett Nada in “What You Need to Know About China’s Saudi-Iran Deal” from the United States Institute of Peace
- Aya Batrawy in “Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China’s help. Here’s why it matters” from NPR
- Stephen M. Walt, Michael Miner, Karen Elliot House, Joseph S. Nye, Grant Golub, Peyman Asadzade, Mohammed Alyahya, and Daniel Sobelman in “Significance of the Iran-Saudi Arabia Agreement Brokered by China” from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Jon B. Alterman in “Why Did China Help Saudi Arabia and Iran Resume Diplomatic Ties?” from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
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