CCP’s Gains in Middle East Are ‘Vanishing’ With Iran War: Zineb Riboua
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Category: GLOBAL GOVERNMENT & ALLIANCES
Summary:
Hudson Institute research fellow Zineb Riboua stated that for two decades, the Chinese communist regime has courted, invested in, and coordinated with the Iranian regime, its proxies, and Gulf nations to establish a strategic stronghold in the Middle East. Riboua noted that this effort aimed to support China's strategy for a new global order. She indicated that this influence diminished with the occurrence of Operation Epic Fury. Riboua also mentioned that U.S. involvement in the region is seen as a means to reshape the Middle East, which she described as having long been a "Chinese chessboard."
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Psalm 2:1-3 (NASB 1977)
"Why are the nations in an uproar, And the peoples devising a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
“Let us tear their fetters apart, And cast away their cords from us!”"
Commentary:
Long-range courting, investment, and coordination to build a regional stronghold fits Psalm 2’s picture of rulers “taking counsel together.” This is how power blocs form in real life. Analysts can point to ports, energy deals, and security ties, but ordinary people feel it when prices shift and instability spreads. Scripture shows a prophetic pattern: nations steadily aligning in ways that resist the Lord’s rule and reshape the international order. Watch the Middle East without hype, and measure alliances by truth, not headlines.
Prophetic Trend:
Strategic blocs are contesting the Middle East as a staging ground for wider global order, reflecting the steady alignment-and-resistance pattern Scripture describes among nations.
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Source Excerpt:
For two decades, the Chinese communist regime has been courting, investing, and coordinating with the Iranian regime, its proxies, and Gulf nations to build out a stronghold for its strategy of a new global order, says Hudson Institute research fellow Zineb Riboua, who said that ended with Operation Epic Fury. “From a U.S. perspective … being involved does not just mean helping an ally, it means reshaping the configuration of a Middle East that has been, for a very long time, I think, a Chinese chessboard,” Riboua said on “American Thought Leaders” on March 4. The full episode will run on EpochTV at 9 p.m.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 03-04-2026 18:29