Toward Well-oiled Relations?: China’s Presence In The Middle East Following The Arab Spring (the Nottingham China Policy Institute Series)

With China replacing the United States as the world's leading energy user and net oil importer, its relations with the Middle East is becoming a major issue with global implications. Horesh and his contributors set out to analyse the implications of China's growing presence in the Middle East. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Sino-American Crosscurrents in the Middle East: Perceptions and Realities....Pages 5-18 An Alternative Partner to the West? China’s Growing Relations with Turkey....Pages 19-29 A New Eurasian Embrace: Turkey Pivots East While China Marches West....Pages 30-47 The Perception of the 2009 Ürümqi Conflict across the Islamic World....Pages 48-68 China’s Dual Diplomacy: Arab Iraq and the Kurdistan Region....Pages 69-93 An Analysis of the Evolution of Sino-Egyptian Economic Relations....Pages 94-114 Chinese and US Energy Policy in the Middle East....Pages 115-124 Does Likud Have a “Look East” Option?....Pages 125-147 China and the Gulf Co-operation Council: The Rebound Relationship....Pages 148-161 Chinese Policy in the Middle East in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings....Pages 162-179 China and Iran: Expanding Cooperation under Conditions of US Domination....Pages 180-205 The Future of Sino-Iran Relations....Pages 206-215 Conclusion: China’s Growing Presence in the Middle East....Pages 216-231 Back Matter....Pages 233-239 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List of Tables 9 Notes on Contributors 10 Introduction 14 1 Sino-American Crosscurrents in the Middle East: Perceptions and Realities 18 2 An Alternative Partner to the West? China’s Growing Relations with Turkey 32 3 A New Eurasian Embrace: Turkey Pivots East While China Marches West 43 4 The Perception of the 2009 Ürümqi Conflict across the Islamic World 61 5 China’s Dual Diplomacy: Arab Iraq and the Kurdistan Region 82 6 An Analysis of the Evolution of Sino-Egyptian Economic Relations 107 7 Chinese and US Energy Policy in the Middle East 128 8 Does Likud Have a “Look East” Option? 138 9 China and the Gulf Co-operation Council: The Rebound Relationship 161 10 Chinese Policy in the Middle East in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings 175 11 China and Iran: Expanding Cooperation under Conditions of US Domination 193 12 The Future of Sino-Iran Relations 219 Conclusion: China’s Growing Presence in the Middle East 229 Index 245