Iran between the US and China
The world is at a unique historical moment. It currently finds itself caught between the geopolitical and military power of the US and the geoeconomic power of China and other Asian actors. This new unprecedented dynamic is affecting all of the global regions and actors. Europeans are trying to find their place in the geopolitical world by trying to actualize the idea of a European Strategic Autonomy (Lippert et al., 2019), which practically means that Europeans are trying to find ways in which they can develop a foreign policy independent of the US, for instance, in their foreign policy approach towards China and Iran.. Since World War II, European countries have been dependent on the US for their security. ESA is their way of getting out of the security umbrella of the US.
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