The US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran are affecting the global situation. Several scholars in Beijing and Shanghai have analyzed that this US action is intended to control the world’s oil supply pattern.
According to a report by Sing Tao Daily, Fang Ning, a researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the newspaper that Israel and the United States’ attacks on Iran aim to overthrow Iran’s national regime, which will become a major historic event set to change the international landscape and Middle Eastern political order, and requires further observation. However, judging from the incident where Iran’s supreme leader was assassinated, at the very least, it shows that the Iranian leadership has a serious lack of awareness and judgment regarding US and Israeli political and military maneuvers, as well as a lack of objective understanding of their own domestic situation and capabilities, falling victim to an "information cocoon".
Ni Lexiong, a professor of political science at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, pointed out that leveraging military strikes to gain strategic advantage is a usual approach of the Trump administration, the aim being to force target countries into energy cooperation, with the deeper consideration being to control the global oil supply. He said, “Oil is the blood of modern states, and the Middle East is the blood bank. Although the US is not short of oil, to rule the world, it must control the Middle East.”
He stated that Trump may believe that by demonstrating military power against Iran, and with the previous successful live capture of former Venezuelan president Maduro, the US can deter other rivals in various regions of the world through the effect of ‘winning without fighting,’ which also aligns with his principle of ‘seeking peace through strength.’ Furthermore, Trump is taking advantage of Russia being deeply embroiled in the Ukraine conflict to reap Middle East geopolitical benefits.