Routledge Handbook on ChinaMiddle East Relations - 9780367472702

Taylor & Francis

Routledge Handbook on ChinaMiddle East RelationsAuthor(s): Jonathan Fulton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367472702, 978-0367472702\nSynopsis\nThis handbook brings together a mix of established and emerging international scholars to provide valuable analytical insights into how Chinas growing Middle East presence affects intra-regional development, trade, security, and diplomacy. \n\nAs the largest extra-regional economic actor in the Middle East, China is the biggest source of foreign direct investment into the region and the largest trading partner for most Middle Eastern states. This portends a larger role in political and security affairs, as the value of Chinese assets combined with a growing expatriate population in the region demands a more proactive role in contributing to regional order. Exploring the effect of these developments, the expert contributors also consider the reverberations in great power .