Toward Well-oiled Relations? ― China's Presence in the Middle East Following the Arab Spring

As part of this collaborative project, economic historian and international relations expert, Niv Horesh has assembled the world's top experts on China's policy vis-a-vis the Middle East to analyse the various geopolitical trends affecting the region following the upheavals of the Arab Spring. With China replacing the United States as the leading energy user and importer, its relations with the Middle East are becoming a major issue with global implications.

Horesh and his contributors set out to clarify issues that are critical to understanding the relevance of China's rise to the Middle Eastern aspirations; how Chinese energy needs are changing, and the ways in which a more economically powerful China might seek to reconfigure its ties with various Middle Eastern states and stakeholders.

The main findings of the book are that no one single framework can anticipate China-Mideast relations in the future.

Niv Horesh is Professor (Chair) and Director of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published numerous books and articles on global business, economic history and international relations. Before embarking on his academic career, Horesh worked as China consultant for the Australian government.

He published Asian Thought on China's Changing International Relations with Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.