China’s Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries
Benjamin Houghton | | ISBN: 978-1-962551-46-5 $110.00 |
| Forthcoming March 2025/260 pages |
DESCRIPTION
China's foreign and security policy in the Gulf region has been characterized by the cultivation of strong positive relationships with all of the Gulf states, irrespective of their domestic politics and the ubiquitous rivalries between neighbors. Has this "hedging strategy" proven fruitful? Or has it had negative consequences?
Addressing this issue, Benjamin Houghton explores the contours of China's hedging strategy in the Gulf from the time of the 1979 Iranian revolution through early 2024.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Benjamin Houghton is research fellow in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster University.
CONTENTS
- China in the Gulf: Cultivating Strategic Relationships.
- Contested Region: The Gulf Regional Security Subcomplex.
- Stark Beginnings: From Iran’s Revolution to the Iran-Iraq War.
- Opportunistic Timing: The Kuwait Crisis.
- Navigating US Predominance: Dual Containment.
- In for the Long Haul: Intensified Rivalries in the Twenty-First Century.
- Hedging: Everyone's Friend, No One’s Foe?
