Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Stanislav Krapivnik: Russia & China United in Defense of Iran
Feb 19, 2026
Stanislav Krapivnik, former US Army officer turned military-political analyst now based in Russia. He breaks down Russia’s rapid deployment of layered air defenses and Sino-Russian integration with Chinese radars and satellites. He assesses how trilateral cooperation could surprise US/Israeli planners and outlines wider regional balancing and escalation risks.
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Integrated Air-Defense Synthesis
- Russia rapidly built an integrated multilayer air-defense umbrella in Iran combining Russian missiles and Chinese radars.
- Stanislav Krapivnik warns this synthesis can detect and respond to strikes hundreds of kilometers away, reducing U.S./Israeli surprise options.
Trilateral Defense Multiplication
- A trilateral Russia-China-Iran alignment could let each use the other's strengths across borders.
- Krapivnik suggests China’s radars and Russia’s SAMs could be shared, creating a game-changing regional defense architecture.
Conflict Drawing A Wide Cast
- Many regional and secondary powers could be drawn into a wider balance against U.S. aggression.
- Krapivnik lists actors like North Korea, Pakistan, India and ASEAN states as potential complicating factors.