Belt and Road Initiative 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…
China 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…
China 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…
China 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…
Belt and Road Initiative 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…
China 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…
China 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.…
China 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…
China-Middle East 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…
China-Middle East 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…