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China in the Middle East

November 4, 2024 • 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EST

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China’s Middle East role was on a steady rise in recent decades, but arguably it has stalled following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. While China has deep security and economic interests in the Middle East, its subsequent diplomacy has played little role shaping the trajectory of regional conflicts.

Please join the CSIS Middle East Program and the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies for a discussion of China’s ambitions in the Middle East, its impacts on U.S. partnerships in the region, China’s evolving economic and political ties in the Middle East, and paths forward for U.S. engagement with Arab states. The event will feature Rick Waters, a longtime U.S. diplomat covering both China and the Middle East and now managing director for China at the Eurasia Group, and Yun Sun, senior fellow and co-director of the East Asia Program and director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Jude Blanchette, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Dr. Jon B. Alterman, CSIS Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and director of the CSIS Middle East Program will host the discussion, keyed to Alterman’s recent publication, The Middle East’s View of the “China Model.”

To learn more about China's role in the Middle East, please read the following publications:

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS. 

Contact Information

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Jon B. Alterman
Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program

Rick Waters

Managing Director, China, Eurasia Group

Yun Sun

Senior Fellow and Co-Director, East Asia Program, Stimson Center