Dossier
Isaac Kardon
Coverage of Isaac Kardon in the Nexus archive.
- Key China-Iran infrastructure exposes critical hole in Trump's war strategy
The US is trying to choke off Iran's economy at sea, but a growing China-linked rail corridor is giving Tehran a workaround. Freight traffic between China and Iran has increased along an overland route beyond American warships. This dynamic exposes a core limitation in the US strategy.
- Key China-Iran infrastructure exposes critical hole in Trump's war strategy
The US is trying to choke off Iran's economy at sea, but a growing China-linked rail corridor is giving Tehran a workaround that Washington cannot easily shut down. The corridor runs through multiple sovereign countries, including Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. This exposes a core limitation in the US strategy, as maritime pressure does not fully extend across Eurasia.