China and Russia view the U.S. grand strategy as increasingly out of focus.

(MEDFORD, MA) “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on. And now that a 14-day ceasefire between Tehran and Washington is in effect – with both sides claiming “victory” – Russian and Chinese leaders still have an opportunity to profit from what many see as America’s latest folly in the Middle East.

Originally published on theconversation.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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