China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1–29 (Web of Science) (With Javad Zarif) Abstract: Since the end of the Cold War the world has witnessed a period of substantial turbulence, marked by conflicts, transformative global shifts, and calamities within the international community. The conclusion of the Cold War disrupted a well-established paradigm, unsettling both practitioners and intellectual stakeholders. The Cold War era had engendered a sense …