China and the Middle East Venturing into the Maelstrom /

• Main Author: Dorsey, James M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Global Political Transitions,
• Subjects: Middle East-Politics and government.; Asia-Politics and government.; International relations.; Politics and war.; Political economy.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Asian Politics.; Foreign Policy.; Military and Defence Studies.; International Political Economy.

This book explores China's significant economic and security interests in the Middle East and South Asia. To protect its economic and security interests, China is increasingly forced to compromise its long-held foreign policy and defense principles, which include insistence on non-interference...

Table of Contents:

• 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 .