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Deter Iran by Containing the CCP

If Iran sinks a U.S. aircraft carrier with a Chinese missile, it is war.
Deter Iran by Containing the CCP
The U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group—including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), front, USS Mahan (DDG 72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213—operates as a joint, multi-domain force with a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, on Nov. 13, 2025. Tajh Payne/US Navy via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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China and Iran have dangerously close links that threaten a buildup of U.S. military forces in the Middle East.

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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