IIA Pacific Report

(March 2026 No.34) IIA Pacific Report

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The Institute of International Affairs has released the new Pacific Report No. 34.

In this issue, Professor Young Nam Cho, Professor of Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, contributed an article titled <Presenting a “Blueprint” for Future Development Amid the U.S.–Iran War: An Analysis of the Fourth Annual Session of the 14th National People’s Congress>.

Professor Cho explains that because the issue of purges within the Chinese military became highly salient last year and again this year, President Xi Jinping had no choice but to address it at the National People’s Congress session.

In addition, Professor Cho explains that for China, there is little capacity or means to assist Iran, and in reality it has no real intention of doing so.

According to Professor Cho, China will continue to devote its full efforts to fostering advanced industries centered on artificial intelligence and to advancing science and technology.

Professor Cho comments that the strategy of the second Trump administration seeking to check China through protectionist trade policies is highly likely to fail.