Iran War

CCP’s Gains in Middle East Are ‘Vanishing’ With Iran War: Zineb Riboua

CCP’s Gains in Middle East Are ‘Vanishing’ With Iran War: Zineb Riboua
Zineb Riboua, Hudson Institute research fellow, in Washington on March 4, 2026. The Epoch Times
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
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For two decades, the Chinese communist regime has been courting, investing, and coordinating with the Iranian regime, its proxies, and Gulf nations to build out a stronghold for its strategy of a new global order, says Hudson Institute research fellow Zineb Riboua, who said that ended with Operation Epic Fury.

“From a U.S. perspective ... being involved does not just mean helping an ally, it means reshaping the configuration of a Middle East that has been, for a very long time, I think, a Chinese chessboard,” Riboua said on “American Thought Leaders” on March 4. The full episode will run on EpochTV at 9 p.m.

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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