,China and the Middle East: A New Patron of Regional Instability

China and the Middle East: A New Patron of Regional Instability


 

Publication Date: September 2006

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Ji Hye Shin; John J. Tkacik

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Asia and the Pacific; Middle East

Type: Report

Coverage: China

Abstract:

China regards its patronage of Middle Eastern states like Iran and Syria and radical groups like Hezbollah and Hamas as crucial to its geopolitical success. If Washington is to nudge Beijing into supporting peace, stability, and nonproliferation in the Middle East, U.S. leaders must confront Beijing publicly and forcefully about China's unsettling pattern of behavior in the region.