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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338021603321

Autore

Dorsey James M

Titolo

China and the Middle East : Venturing into the Maelstrom / / by James M. Dorsey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783319643557

331964355X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 278 p. 15 illus., 11 illus. in color.)

Collana

Global Political Transitions, , 2522-8749

Disciplina

320.956

Soggetti

Middle East - Politics and government

Asia - Politics and government

International relations

Politics and war

International economic relations

Middle Eastern Politics

Asian Politics

Foreign Policy

Military and Defence Studies

International Political Economy'

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Chapter 1: Introduction -- 2. Chapter 2: Towards a New World Order -- 3. Chapter 3: The US and China: Seeking complimentary approaches -- 4. Chapter 4: Avoiding the pitfalls of diverging interests -- 5. Chapter 5: Navigating regional rivalries and sensitivities -- 6. Chapter 6: Pakistan: The Belt and Road's Soft Underbelly -- 7. Chapter 7: Long live the autocrat and neo-colonialism -- 8. Chapter 8: The Middle East: Testing the boundaries -- 9. Chapter 9: Epilogue .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores China's significant economic and security interests in the Middle East and South Asia. To protect its economic and security interests, China is increasingly forced to compromise its long-held foreign policy and defense principles, which include insistence on non-



interference in the domestic affairs of others, refusal to envision a foreign military presence, and focus on the development of mutually beneficial economic and commercial relations. The volume shows that China's need to redefine requirements for the safeguarding of its national interests positioned the country as a regional player in competitive cooperation with the United States and the dominant external actor in the region. The project would be ideal for scholarly audiences interested in Regional Politics, China, South Asia, the Middle East, and economic and security studies. James M. Dorsey is Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.