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Our Youtube expert interview series, Paper Dragon, examined the effectiveness of Chinese arms exports in the broader context of the US interventions in Iran and Venezuela. In episode three of Paper Dragon, CISES sits down with Dr. Malcolm Davis — Senior Analyst in Defence Strategy and National Security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute — to examine what the performance of Chinese weapon systems in Venezuela and Iran actually tells us about the real military balance in the Indo-Pacific, and why the most dangerous response may be to take comfort from what we just saw.