In a commentary, Dr James M. Dorsey, Senior Fellow at RSIS, wrote about the deepening Chinese-Russian ties in the wake of the pandemic. He added that the perceived greater Iranian dependence on China may allow for a divvying up of the pie in ways that turn Syria into an important Belt and Road node. The story was first published by the Geneva Center for Security Policy.

Dr. James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and a Senior Fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. He is also an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and co-director of the University of Wuerzburg’s Institute of Fan Culture in Germany