“The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.”
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![[Media Comments] China’s diplomatic clout in Mideast at risk as threats build around ally Iran](https://clemenschay.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/comic-art-of-china-iran-flags.png?w=1024)
[Media Comments] China’s diplomatic clout in Mideast at risk as threats build around ally Iran
Quoted in Ziwen Zhao’s piece for SCMP concerning Sino-Iranian relations with the backdrop of an incoming Trump administration. In particular, I highlight three themes that are featured in the piece — albeit in a simplified manner. (1) Gaza Trump’s election campaign included a promise that he will end the war in Gaza, with the president-elect
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![[Media Comments] Special Essay: Global Stability in a Murky Crystal Ball](https://clemenschay.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image-8.png?w=1024)
[Media Comments] Special Essay: Global Stability in a Murky Crystal Ball
In a special essay, entitled “Gazing into the murky crystal ball 🔮”, I shared my thoughts with local Chinese media outlet Zaobao on Israel-Iran confrontation, the integrity of Syria, and what the future holds for the Middle East with a new US administration. You can find my remarks under my Chinese name, 蔡胜荣, in the
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![[Book Review] Kuwait and Al Sabah: Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State](https://clemenschay.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/create-a-highly-detailed-and-sharp-focus-image-for-a.png?w=1024)
[Book Review] Kuwait and Al Sabah: Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State
This review is completed for Bustan, published by Penn State University Press, Vol. 15, no . 2 (Winter Issue).
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