This book explores a range of key issues connected to China’s relations with countries in the Middle East and South Asia. It discusses economic and political connections, and projects which have arisen as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It covers both important countries in the Middle East, and also Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It examines current contentious issues including Iranian sanctions and the war in Syria, and assesses the roles of other powers such as Russia, Turkey and Israel insofar as they affect China’s relationships. Overall, the book presents many new perspectives on the subject, with many of the perspectives representing the view from the countries of the Middle East and South Asia.
Author(s): Mehran Haghirian, Luciano Zaccara
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 250
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of
Contents
List of illustrations
List of contributors
1. Introduction
2. China in the Middle East and North Africa: An Empirical Inquiry on China’s Expansion towards the West
3. The Sino–Iranian Relationship: A Role Theory Approach to a Non-Western Great Power-Middle Power Partnership
4. Iran’s ‘Eastward Turn’ in a Turning World: Reassessing Sanctions as a Driver of China-Iran Trade
5. China’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the Position of the GCC States
6. Strategic Transformations of China’s Relations with GCC States: From a Unidimensional Relationship to a Multilayered Partnership
7. The Emerging Security Role of Turkey and China in the Middle East: Avoiding a Possible Clash in the Future
8. China’s Role in Post-War Syria: Does it Strengthen or Undermine the Sino–Russian Cooperation?
9. The Israel Factor in the Dynamic Relations between China and the Islamic World
10. China’s Security Cooperation with Bangladesh and Pakistan in the Context of ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: Implications for Indian Ocean Geopolitics
11. China’s Changing Posture towards Afghanistan: A New Classical Realist Explanation
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