U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gestures as he speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
“We Negotiate with Bombs.”
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Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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Caption China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
The Iran-China Relationship
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