# Is China Quietly Winning the Iran War?

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Podcast: [Deep Dish on Global Affairs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515)
Published: 2026-04-23T12:35:00+00:00
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The war with Iran isn't just a Middle East story anymore. As a ttacks on s hip s in the Strait of Hormuz disrup t global energy market s , t he economic impacts are being felt by Europe, the United States, and especially the Indo-Pacific. Does the ongoing conflict provide a strategic opening for China ? And h ow is India navigating this new era of complicate d alliances ? James Crabtree, d istinguished f ellow in the Asia p rogram at the European Council on Foreign Relations, break s it down.

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