George Friedman, COTTonLINE’s current favorite foreign policy analyst comes up with a unique plan to achieve an end to the Iran war. It involves a three-cornered deal wherein the US gives China some things China wants in return for China pressuring Iran to drop its nuclear program.
Friedman believes China as a major customer for Iran’s oil has leverage that we don’t, and it might be sufficient to get Iran to accept a no-nukes deal. As Trump is fond of saying, “we’ll see what happens.”
