Excerpts” While the clear identification of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and terrorist organizations as opponents of the U.S. is long overdue, the 2017 National Security Strategy still falls short, perhaps critically, in failing to identify the SCO as the unifying agent in binding these disparate groups into an informal but increasingly effective anti-American alliance.”
http://westernfreepress.com/2018/01/05/new-model-power-relations-middle-east-crisis-part-ii/