Abstract
The formulation of China’s emerging Middle East and North Africa strategy is shaped as much by US predicaments in the region as it is by the twenty-first century’s Great Game, the high-stakes battle for the future of Eurasia. Power, influence, geopolitics, and economics rather than ideology drive US-Chinese rivalry as well as the Great Game.
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Dorsey, J.M. (2019). The United States and China: Seeking Complementary Approaches. In: China and the Middle East. Global Political Transitions. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64355-7_3
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