Why Washington’s Adversaries Must Find Accommodation

Russia, China and Iran can’t achieve their geopolitical imperatives without it.

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China, Russia and Iran have certain geopolitical imperatives they can’t achieve without first reaching some kind of accommodation with the United States. Beijing needs tariff relief to stabilize its economy. Moscow can’t extricate itself from Ukraine without freeing itself from U.S.-led sanctions. And Tehran must safeguard its regime amid a floundering political economy and strategic […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari