Toward Well-Oiled Relations?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Niv Horesh

   Pages 1-4

3. Sino-American Crosscurrents in the Middle East: Perceptions and Realities

   • Yitzhak Shichor

   Pages 5-18

4. An Alternative Partner to the West? China’s Growing Relations with Turkey

   • Zan Tao

   Pages 19-29

5. A New Eurasian Embrace: Turkey Pivots East While China Marches West

   • Christina Lin

   Pages 30-47

6. The Perception of the 2009 Ürümqi Conflict across the Islamic World

   • Robert R. Bianchi

   Pages 48-68

7. China’s Dual Diplomacy: Arab Iraq and the Kurdistan Region

   • Mohammed Shareef

   Pages 69-93

8. An Analysis of the Evolution of Sino-Egyptian Economic Relations

   • Yasser M. Gadallah

   Pages 94-114

9. Chinese and US Energy Policy in the Middle East

   • Gawdat Bahgat

   Pages 115-124

10. Does Likud Have a “Look East” Option?

    • Niv Horesh

    Pages 125-147

11. China and the Gulf Co-operation Council: The Rebound Relationship

    • Neil Quilliam

    Pages 148-161

12. Chinese Policy in the Middle East in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings

    • Michael Singh

    Pages 162-179

13. China and Iran: Expanding Cooperation under Conditions of US Domination

    • John W. Garver

    Pages 180-205

14. The Future of Sino-Iran Relations

    • Manochehr Dorraj

    Pages 206-215

15. Conclusion: China’s Growing Presence in the Middle East

    • Niv Horesh, Ruike Xu

    Pages 216-231

16. Back Matter

    Pages 233-239

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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.

• Asia
• China
• conflict
• energy
• energy policy
• nuclear
• strategy
• USA

• China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham, UK

  Niv Horesh

Niv Horesh is Professor (Chair) and Director of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published numerous books and articles on global business, economic history and international relations. Before embarking on his academic career, Horesh worked as China consultant for the Australian government. He published Asian Thought on China's Changing International Relations with Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.

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