On China-Iran ties: follow the money, not the MOUs, says Afshin Molavi
Afshin Molavi, senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and founder of Emerging World newsletter, discusses why we shouldn’t oversell the Iran-China agreement; the prospects for employment and growth in the MENA region following the coronavirus pandemic; the post-covid prospects for Dubai and Egypt; China’s role in the region; the ‘disruption-proof trends in emerging markets; and more!
Links:
- Inventing "Emerging Markets" - Emerging World (substack.com)
- Enter The Dragon: China’s Growing Influence In The Middle East And North Africa | Hoover Institution
- What UAE’s growing presence in Somaliland means for its Horn of Africa strategy (al-monitor.com)
- How are Gulf states allocating COVID-related spending? (al-monitor.com)