Noel King

That goodwill falling apart, as a lot of it has been doing as Trump has made the U.S.

increasingly a pariah state, is going to affect our readiness.

All right.

So I think someone might be hearing us talk and thinking this war in Iran has been entirely upside for China.

It's been great for China and nothing else.

Is that the case?

Not really.

It's more of a lose-lose scenario.

So they're getting the best they can out of it, but the closure of the strait is still a big problem for them.

And they've been working hard to try and get a ceasefire.

China feels the pain as much as anybody else.

So while they're trying to get what they can from the war, they would still really like to see a peace.

James Palmer is the deputy editor of Foreign Policy Magazine.

When we return, the war in Iran has been surprisingly good for renewable energy.

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