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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779118303321

Autore

Kemp Geoffrey

Titolo

The East moves West [[electronic resource] ] : India, China, and Asia's growing presence in the Middle East / / Geoffrey Kemp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-99572-6

9786613767332

0-8157-2431-4

Edizione

[Pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

327.5056

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - Middle East

Gas industry - Political aspects - Middle East

Middle East Foreign economic relations India

India Foreign economic relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign economic relations China

China Foreign economic relations Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Revised with a new preface"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The key Asian players -- pt. 3. Strategic linkages.

Sommario/riassunto

While traditionally powerful Western economies are treading water at best, beset by crises in banking, housing, and employment, industrial growth and economic development are exploding in China and India. The world's two most populous nations are the biggest reasons for Asia's growing footprint on other global regions. The increasing size and impact of that footprint are especially important in the Middle East, an economic, religious, and geopolitical linchpin.  The East Moves West details the growing interdependence of the Middle East and Asia and projects the likely ramifications o