China and Middle East Conflicts

Guy Burton is Adjunct Professor at Vesalius College, Brussels. He has previously held research and teaching appointments at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai, Nottingham University’s Malaysian campus, the University of Kurdistan-Hewler in northern Iraq and Birzeit University in occupied Palestine. His research interests concern the role of rising powers, conflict management and the politics and international relations of the Middle East. He is the author of Rising Powers and the Arab–Israeli Conflict since 1947 (2018).

• Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – Conflict and its Management Chapter 3 – China, Algeria and Egypt: The War of Independence and the Suez Crisis to Camp David Chapter 4 – China and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation: From People’s War to the Algiers Declaration, 1967-1988 Chapter 5 – China, the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula: From Militancy to Diplomacy during the Cold War Chapter 6 – China and the Iran-Iraq War Chapter 7 – China and Iraq: The Gulf Wars and the War against ISIS Chapter 8 – China and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict since Oslo Chapter 9 – China and the Darfur Crisis in Sudan Chapter 10 – China and Libya: From Gaddafi to the Uprising and After Chapter 11 – China and the Syrian Civil War Chapter 12 – China and Contemporary Conflict in Yemen and the Horn of Africa Chapter 13 – China and the Iran Nuclear Deal Chapter 14 – China and the Gulf Crisis Conclusion

"…explicitly addresses China’s influence on the systemic aspects of international politics, pointing to signs of change in norms and expectations about great power rivalries and spheres of influence. With clarity and balance, he weighs the multiple roles Beijing has played over time: disrupter, bystander, patron, mediator, and, most consistently, patient opportunist." Robert R. Bianchi, The Middle East Journal, Volume 74, Number 4, Winter 2020, pp. 631-634