A project to promote research on China's interests in MENA
Conferences
China’s Changing Role in the Middle East Dr. Victoria Coates, Dr. Jonathan Fulton, Dr. Degang Sun, & Mr. William F. Wechsler June 9, 2019
China and the Middle East: Rising Power and a Region in Turmoil – Dr. Yitzhak Shichor, Dr. Dawn Murphy, & Sam Chester
The Future of US Strategic Competition with China July 25, 2019
How is China’s growing influence affecting its relations with nations in the Persian Gulf? – Emile Hokayem, Jon B. Alterman , Afshin Molavi, Jean-François Seznec, and Erica Downs Monday, July 12, 2010
The Big Bets — The Global Order, Iran, China, Energy Security and Free Trade David Gregory, Robert Kagan, Suzanne Maloney, Kenneth Lieberthal, Charles K. Ebinger, and Mireya Solis
Launch of “The Vital Triangle: China, the United States, and the Middle East Jon Alterman’s Presentation Video with Slides June 24, 2008
Lecture part of “Summer Teacher Institute 2018: China in the Middle East and Africa”, held from August 6 to 10, 2018, by Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. – Andrew Scobell, Rand Corporation
A US naval destroyer docked on Sudan's Red Sea coast on Monday in the latest sign of thawing relations with the United States, a day after a visit by a Russian frigate, reports Reuters. The visits are a sign of international competition for influence in Sudan, which sits in a volatile region bridging the Horn of Africa, the Gulf, and North Africa, follo […]
An American father and son accused of helping former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were handed over on Monday to Japanese authorities for extradition from the United States, their lawyer told the Associated Press, reports Reuters. The US Supreme Court last month cleared the way for the extradition of US Army Special Forces veteran Mich […]
Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Monday on one of the most contentious issues regarding Jewish identity in Israel, deciding to allow more non-Orthodox Jewish converts to immigrate to Israel and become citizens, reports Reuters. The country's "Law of Return" grants Israeli citizenship to any Jew from anywhere in the world, though there have […]
