LEADER 03127nam 22005655 450 001 9911049209203321 005 20260102120535.0 010 $a3-032-06038-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-06038-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32470375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32470375 035 $a(CKB)44768763900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-06038-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9944768763900041 100 $a20260102d2026 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Dragon?s Reach: China?s Rise as an Imperial Power in the Middle East /$fby Hafizullah Emadi 205 $a1st ed. 2026. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2026. 215 $a1 online resource (250 pages) 225 1 $aPolitical Science and International Studies 311 08$a3-032-06037-0 327 $aChapter 1: China?s Evolving Middle East Diplomacy -- Chapter 2: China-Afghanistan Diplomatic Relations -- Chapter 3: China-Iran Diplomatic Relations -- Chapter 4: China-Iraq Diplomatic Relations -- Chapter 5: China-Palestinian Diplomatic Relations -- Chapter 6: Conclusion. 330 $aThis book provides an in-depth examination of China?s diplomatic endeavors in the Middle East, tracing the evolution of its approach since the founding of the People?s Republic of China. Through a rigorous textual analysis of published literature from Chinese government sources, as well as Western research institutions and academia, this study reveals a significant thesis: China has strategically employed a soft power approach to reposition itself as a rising imperial power, directly challenging the long-standing dominance of the United States in the Middle East. Hafizullah Emadi is a scholar and consultant writing on institutional and political development in the Middle East and Central Asia. Emadi taught at the University of Hawaii system, was a fellow at the East-West Center, International Research and Exchange, IREX and the Woodrow Wilson Center. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the Afghanistan Journal, Academy of Sciences in Kabul, Afghanistan. 410 0$aPolitical Science and International Studies 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aInternational Relations Theory 606 $aInternational Political Economy? 606 $aInternational Security Studies 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 14$aInternational Relations Theory. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy?. 615 24$aInternational Security Studies. 676 $a327.51056 700 $aEmadi$b Hafizullah$0673070 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911049209203321 996 $aThe Dragon?s Reach: China?s Rise as an Imperial Power in the Middle East$94531904 997 $aUNINA