China in the Middle East
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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:
- China's US-Driven Middle East Strategy, published by the Washington Quarterly.
- The 'China Model' in the Middle East, published by Survival.
This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.
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Contact Information
- Martin Pimentel
- Program Manager and Research Associate, Middle East Program
- MPimentel@csis.org