The Russia-Iran-China Strategic Alignment- A New Geopolitical Reality Reshaping Global Power, The Unlikely Partnership Takes Shape
Prof. (Dr.) Nishakant Ojha
New Delhi [India], September 19: When Russia’s economy contracted by 2.1 percent in 2022 following Western sanctions over Ukraine, Moscow had little choice but to look east to China. Already the world’s second largest economy with $17.9T GDP, China offered a lifeline. Iran, faced with it’s worst economic crisis in decades with inflation over 40 percent, needed partners willing to defy America’s pressure. What emerged was unlikely to be ideological unity but practicality-three nations that have been excluded or threatened by the West’s dominance finding strength in cooperation.
The new partnership formed faster than most geopolitical analysts expected. In 2023, China-Russia bilateral trade reached $240 Billion, a 26.3 percent in...