The Place of Middle East Energy Resources in China's Foreign Policy Strategy in the Post-Cold War (Case Study of Iran and Saudi Arabia)

Subject Areas : Iranian Political Research

Mohamadreza Adabi ¹ , Davood Kiani ² , Mashallah Heidarpour ³

1 - student
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, IAU, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, IAU, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran.

Accepted : 2019-08-22 Published : 2023-12-02

Keywords: China, Middle East, energy Security, Saudi Arabia, Iran,

Abstract :

The Middle East region is one of the most important areas of the world that has been at the forefront of the world for many years. The obvious feature of this region is the huge reserves of oil and gas. But the issue that was highlighted in the twenty-first century is the rise of China and the efforts of this Asian nation after the reform period for a dynamic and effective presence in strategic areas of the world, including the Middle East, and as it needs its energy resources to grow its economy. It tries to increase its influence in various ways, including establishing widespread relations with the countries of the region. For the purpose of this study, the present paper seeks to answer the question of why China's presence in the Middle East has increased over the past few decades? The paper, which is based on a descriptive-analytic method based on the theoretical framework of mutual complex interdependence, has tested this hypothesis in response to its main question: Increasing the reliance of China's economy on imports of fossil fuels from The Middle East for economic and industrial development; the main shift in China's gradual evolution policy toward the Middle East, especially with two countries rich in energy such as Iran and Saudi Arabia, is from the principle of non-interference in the policy of expanding economic-political interactions.

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