Chinese interests in the Middle East and their impact on the regional balance of power

Aswad, Arkan Mahmood Ahmed

doi:10.63677/jqlap.2025.165537.1445

	Chinese interests in the Middle East and their impact on the regional balance of power
AL-Qadisiya Journal For Law and Political Sciences
Article 33, Volume 17, Issue: 1 part 1, March 2026, Pages 743-772 PDF (829.87 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.63677/jqlap.2025.165537.1445
Author
Arkan Mahmood Ahmed Aswad^*
Directorate of Education, Nineveh Governorate - Al-Baaj Education Department
Abstract
The Middle East has been and is still one of the most important regions of the world and the most crowded international interactions and the interests of regional powers and international powers, so the concept of the Middle East has become more frequent in the literature of international relations after World War II, as this region is characterized by a great position and wide importance in the accounts of many countries of the world, especially the regional and global countries great, being one of the most concentrated areas where the interests of those countries that cannot be dispensed with due to the occurrence of Important fjords and waterways within this area, Therefore, this region is considered one of the vital areas for Chinese interests, as it is known, China is one of the main players in the current international system, and its international weight is increasing at an accelerated pace, raising the ceiling of expectations that it will become in the next few years the number one power in the world. In line with this, China's foreign policy has witnessed a push to pursue its interests in this region by preserving energy supplies, protecting transport routes for regional and global markets for its industries, and harnessing its military power to protect these supplies.

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