China and the Middle East

James M. Dorsey is Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

“Dorsey has provided a deep and wide-ranging contribution to an important topic that is increasingly drawing more scholarly attention. Policy-makers, students, and scholars will find his analysis useful in shaping their own work.” (Jonathan Fulton, Middle East Journal, Vol. 73 (3), 2019)

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: Towards a New World Order.- 3. Chapter 3: The US and China: Seeking complimentary approaches.- 4. Chapter 4: Avoiding the pitfalls of diverging interests.- 5. Chapter 5: Navigating regional rivalries and sensitivities.- 6. Chapter 6: Pakistan: The Belt and Road’s Soft Underbelly.- 7. Chapter 7: Long live the autocrat and neo-colonialism.- 8. Chapter 8: The Middle East: Testing the boundaries.- 9. Chapter 9: Epilogue