ABSTRACT
Focusing on China’s relations with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), this Companion provides essential analysis of a complex region which threatens to become the battleground for rival powers in the future.
The Routledge Companion to China and the Middle East and North Africa brings together China scholars from around the world, including from China, the MENA region, the United States, Asia, and Europe. The contributors, experts in their respective areas––which range from politics, military and nuclear power to economics, energy, and tourism––use different methodologies to understand China’s policies in the MENA. Topics analyzed include Chinese investment in infrastructure, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Belt and Road Initiative. Divided into three Parts, the book addresses China’s multidimensional presence in the MENA and its impact on the region while also explicating the MENA’s relations with its traditional Western allies. Bilateral relations and people-to-people interactions are also explored and provide in-depth context to the areas of cooperation that are part of China’s dealings with its partners in the region.
Combining contemporary analysis with accessible prose, the book will be of interest to students, scholars, and policy-makers active in international relations, security studies, and economics, as well to general audiences interested in the MENA region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|248 pages
China and the MENA
chapter 2|15 pages
China's Energy Diplomacy towards the Middle East in the BRI Era
chapter 4|12 pages
Market-Driven Industrialization
chapter 10|15 pages
China and Regional Stability in the Middle East
chapter 14|13 pages
Building an “Outer Space Silk Road”
part II|143 pages
Bilateral Relations
chapter 20|16 pages
The Sino-Algerian Relationship
part III|49 pages
China-MENA People-to-People Interactions