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Mena Defense Intelligence Digest | September 2025 Assessing Defense Cooperation Between Iran and China in the Wake of the 12-Day War Can Kasapoglu Below, Hudson Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers an assessment of the growing defense ties between China and Iran.

Iran Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers' Meeting on June 26, 2025 in Shanghai, China. (Fu Tian via Getty Images)

Reports

Assessing Defense Cooperation Between Iran and China in the Wake of the 12-Day War | MENA Defense Intelligence Digest

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Sep 9, 2025

Reports

10 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Israel Is Ruled by Its Attorney General

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Sep 8, 2025

In the Media

The Washington Stand: Are Christians Disappearing in the Middle East? By Lela Gilbert September 2, 2025

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend resurrection mass at the Monastery of Saint Simon Al-Kharaz during Holy Saturday services on April 19, 2025, in Cairo, Egypt. (Ahmad Hasaballah via Getty Images)

Commentary

Are Christians Disappearing in the Middle East?

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Sep 2, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

(School of War)

Podcast

What Went Wrong on October 7

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Sep 2, 2025

Podcast

An Israeli soldier attaches a Druze flag to the antenna of a Humvee along a barbed-wire fence in the Golan Heights near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on July 19, 2025. (Jalaa Marey via Getty Images)

Podcast

Why Is Israel Invested in the Fate of Syria’s Druze?