Calhoun:TheNPSInstitutionalArchiveDSpaceRepositoryThesesandDissertations1.ThesisandDissertationCollection,allitemsMOTIVATIONSANDLIMITATIONSINIRAN-CHINARELATIONSKauffman,BethanyR.Monterey,CA;NavalPostgraduateSchoolhttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/70702ThispublicationisaworkoftheU.S.GovernmentasdefinedinTitle17,UnitedStatesCode,Section101.CopyrightprotectionisnotavailableforthisworkintheUnitedStates.DownloadedfromNPSArchive:CalhounTHISPAGEINTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANKivABSTRACTInMarch2021theIslamicRepublicofIranandthePeople’sRepublicofChinasigneda25-yearcooperationagreementdetailingtheirComprehensiveStrategicPartnership(CSP),criticaltoU.S.objectivesdeterringIranandad...