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China Seeks Extraterritorial Control Over US Sanctions

The rubber hits the road over a nuclear Iran. Will global companies comply with Washington or buckle to Beijing?
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China Seeks Extraterritorial Control Over US Sanctions
Aerial view of oil storage tanks at a petrochemical production at Tianjin port in Tianjin, China, on March 30, 2026. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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As U.S. President Donald Trump notes, he and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed on a May 7 call regarding Iran that “a regime that kills its own people cannot control a bomb that can kill millions.”

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Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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