The position of the Persian Gulf in China's energy security

Subject Areas : International Relations

Majid abbasi ¹ , Mohammad Zaree ²

1 - Faculty member of international relations, Allameh Tabataba'i university
2 - PhD Student of International Relations, Allameh Tabataba'I University

Received: 2020-08-01 Accepted : 2021-06-07 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: energy, China, Security, Persian Gulf, International system,

Abstract :

Nowadays, it seems power is the airplane that can descends in all lands for which infrastructures and facilities have been provided. Understanding this feature of power and providing appropriate infrastructures from earlier decades, China has anticipated the landing of power’s airplane in its territory. In the literature of International Relations what is called ‘the power shift from the Atlantic to the Asia-Pacific’ can be an evidence for this claim. However, the crucial issue which must fuel china power’s airplane is the energy supplies and how to provide the stability and security of energy. Any fluctuation in the field of energy could enflame the problems accumulated inside Chinese society and destabilize the relationship between societal and political systems. It could challenge the china power and its status as a great power and affect actual international order as well. This article attempts to study the effect of Persian Gulf region as energy supplier on China energy security in several periods and the evolution of Chinese view about the Persian Gulf region.