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China’s involvement in the Levant: It’s the economy after all

March 20, 2020 0

Image credit: Suez Canal (2007-06-345) by Vyacheslav Argenberg/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Yoram Evron. The Levant – a sub-region of the Middle East consisting…

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on relations between China and the Middle East

March 17, 2020 0

Image credit: Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by NIAID/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Zi Yang. Since its emergence in China in December 2019, COVID-19 has…

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The U.S. military presence in the Middle East and Central Asia

May 4, 2018 0

Written by Mahmoud Ghafouri and Mohammad Davand. The purpose of this article is to describe the extensive military build-up of the United States in these regions during…

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China’s approach to the Gulf Dispute

May 3, 2018 0

Written by Jonathan Fulton. As the dispute between Qatar and the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ) of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt nears…

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China-Oman relations: the Indian Ocean dilemma

May 2, 2018 0

Written by Fred H. Lawson. Oman tends to be overshadowed by more assertive member-states of the Gulf Co-operation Council, most notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar and…

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China in the Persian Gulf: A delicate balance in global security

May 1, 2018 0

Written by Yang Jiang and Lars Erslev Andersen. The Persian Gulf region has since the 19th century been one of the most strategically important regions…

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Geopolitics of energy: China and the Middle East

April 30, 2018 1

Written by Gawdat Bahgat. In the last few decades, the People’s Republic of China has had one of the fastest growing economies in the world.…

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China’s deals with Saudi Arabia are signs of a profitable new relationship

November 9, 2017 0

Written by Timo A Kivimäki. The Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli’s visit to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2017 was a deal maker. There…

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What Xi’s Visit to Tehran Says About Beijing’s Middle East Agenda—and China’s Grand Strategy

February 17, 2016 1

Written By Flynt Leverett. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia last month largely succeeded at realizing its designers’ most immediate…

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The Belt and Road and Suez Canal: China-Egypt Relations Under Xi Jinping

February 16, 2016 0

Written by Shannon Tiezzi. Sandwiched between his stops in Saudi Arabia and Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt was somewhat overlooked as part…

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