{"id":2818,"date":"2021-03-23T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2021-03-27T22:55:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T03:55:33","slug":"2818","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/03\/23\/2818\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/The-Iran-China-Axis-Is-A-Fast-Growing-Force-In-Oil-Markets.html\">\u201cThe Iran-China Axis Is A Fast Growing Force In Oil Markets,\u201d<\/a> David Messler, OilPrice.com, March 23, 2021.\u00a0 This is an important story, and easy to read.\u00a0 The two authoritarian governments have teamed up for their own interests and against the West.\u00a0 \u201cThe partnership \u2026 would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, ports, railways, and dozens of other projects. In exchange, China would receive a regular \u2026 heavily discounted \u2014 supply of Iranian oil over the next 25 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/naval-news\/2021\/03\/mysterious-ship-in-iranian-shipyard-is-likely-irgcs-new-flagship\">\u201cMysterious Ship In Iranian Shipyard Is Likely IRGC\u2019s New Flagship,\u201d<\/a> H.I. Sutton, Naval News, March 23, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than $10 billion belonging to Iran is frozen in banks in Seoul and Baghdad. Ever since Biden took office there have been negotiations between the sides on the release of the funds. So far, the US has prevented it.\u201d See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israeldefense.co.il\/en\/node\/49015\">\u201cThe war over the frozen funds of Iran,\u201d<\/a> Ami Rojkes Dombe, Israel Defense, March 23, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2021\/03\/23\/report-iran-hiding-important-components-of-its-nuclear-program-from-un-inspectors\">\u201cReport: Iran Hiding Important Components of Its Nuclear Program From UN Inspectors,\u201d<\/a> Algemeiner, March 23, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/young-iranians-pose-a-threat-to-the-regime-warns-revolutionary-guard-corps\">\u201cYoung Iranians pose a threat to the regime, warns Revolutionary Guard Corps,\u201d<\/a> Michael Segall, JNS, March 23, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Iran-China Axis Is A Fast Growing Force In Oil Markets,\u201d David Messler, OilPrice.com, March 23, 2021.\u00a0 This is an important story, and easy to read.\u00a0 The two authoritarian governments have teamed up for their own interests and against the West.\u00a0 \u201cThe partnership \u2026 would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, ports, railways, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/03\/23\/2818\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2845,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions\/2845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}