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CHINAS GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/girr.2024(VII-I).01      10.31703/girr.2024(VII-I).01      Published : Mar 2024

China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects

    The Purpose of this research is to elucidate China’s influence on Middle Eastern Countries. Growth in infrastructure, influence in politics, energy collaboration, and innovation in technology, trade, and capital are some of the strategies that have defined China’s strategic involvement in the Middle East. Since China saw promise in development of infrastructure such as the Belt and Road Initiative, it has worked to strengthen economic relations and increase connectivity among nations in a region ripe with opportunities. However, the quest for it is not simple. Uncertainty in politics in the Middle East, characterized by crises and geopolitical concurrence, presents major dangers to the investment made by China and alliances. Other issues complicating China’s role in the region include rivalry with global powers, social and cultural contrasts, and reliance on resources. In spite of stabilizing the region, China’s influence in molding theemerging geopolitics of the Middle East is significant.

    Middle East and North Africa (MENA), BRI (belt and road initiative), GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), UNSC (United Nations Security Council), CASCF (China- Arab Cooperation Forum)
    (1) Tallat Yasmin
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Qasim Shahzad Gill
    PhD, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
    (3) Ghulam Mustafa
    Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

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    APA : Yasmin, T., Gill, Q. S., & Mustafa, G. (2024). China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects. Global International Relations Review, VII(I), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2024(VII-I).01
    CHICAGO : Yasmin, Tallat, Qasim Shahzad Gill, and Ghulam Mustafa. 2024. "China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects." Global International Relations Review, VII (I): 1-13 doi: 10.31703/girr.2024(VII-I).01
    HARVARD : YASMIN, T., GILL, Q. S. & MUSTAFA, G. 2024. China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects. Global International Relations Review, VII, 1-13.
    MHRA : Yasmin, Tallat, Qasim Shahzad Gill, and Ghulam Mustafa. 2024. "China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects." Global International Relations Review, VII: 1-13
    MLA : Yasmin, Tallat, Qasim Shahzad Gill, and Ghulam Mustafa. "China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects." Global International Relations Review, VII.I (2024): 1-13 Print.
    OXFORD : Yasmin, Tallat, Gill, Qasim Shahzad, and Mustafa, Ghulam (2024), "China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects", Global International Relations Review, VII (I), 1-13
    TURABIAN : Yasmin, Tallat, Qasim Shahzad Gill, and Ghulam Mustafa. "China's Growing Influence in the Middle East: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects." Global International Relations Review VII, no. I (2024): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2024(VII-I).01