China and Middle East Conflicts: Responding to War and Rivalry from the Cold War to the Present

The book examines how aspiring and established rising global powers, such as China, respond to conflict in the Middle East from the Cold War to the present. It explores China's involvement in conflicts such as Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Sudan, the Iranian nuclear deal, the Gulf crisis, and the wars in Syria, Libya, and Yemen, and how it handles challenges associated with both violent and nonviolent conflict. The book contributes to the wider discipline of International Relations and peace and conflict studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 282 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Since its establishment in 1949, China has been deeply involved in the Middle East and its conflicts, engaging in a range of strategies from exploiting or avoiding them to managing, containing, or resolving them. Using a conflict and peace studies lens, Burton adopts a broad perspective on Chinese engagement by examining its involvement in various regional conflicts, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq before and after 2003, Sudan, the Darfur crisis, the Iranian nuclear deal, the Gulf crisis, and the wars in Syria, Libya, and Yemen. The book sheds light on how a rising global and non-Western power navigates the complexities associated with both violent and nonviolent conflict, as well as the distinctions between limiting and reducing violence and other approaches to eliminating the causes of conflict and grievance.

Contributing to the broader field of International Relations and peace and conflict studies, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of peace and conflict studies, Chinese foreign policy, and the politics and international relations of the Middle East.

Weight: 521g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367502256