{"id":7596,"date":"2024-04-02T20:32:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:34:08","slug":"china-asia-and-the-changing-strategic-importance-of-the-gulf-and-mena-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7596","title":{"rendered":"China, Asia, and the Changing Strategic Importance of the Gulf and MENA Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7596\" class=\"elementor elementor-7596\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5320056 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5320056\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5e0044\" data-id=\"c5e0044\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619a6ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"619a6ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/people\/anthony-h-cordesman\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anthony H. Cordesman<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> October 15, 2021\/USA<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Policy Analysis<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/china-asia-and-changing-strategic-importance-gulf-and-mena-region\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/china-asia-and-changing-strategic-importance-gulf-and-mena-region<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b><i>Keywords:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Energy Imports, Competition, Strategic Partnership<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shift in US strategy from the Middle East to East Asia seems total in its nature, yet the US ought to have a more comprehensive approach to China beyond East Asia. The Middle East is increasing in strategic value and not the other way around, as the rise of Chinese oil needs has made exports across the Indian Ocean more vital. The broad spectrum of strategic competition cannot be reduced to East Asia alone, especially since China competes in every field beyond the military and in every possible region as well. The US could also compete on a global scale while trying to maintain mutual cooperation, especially as China attempts to increase its presence in the Middle East. Dominating maritime routes of the Indian Ocean is of high strategic value, thus the approach to the Middle East has been shifting from protecting American energy imports to maintaining an economic status quo favorable to the US. Moreover, expanding competition beyond military capabilities could steer China-US competition into more peaceful waters, emphasizing on the fact that both sides do not wish for conflict.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>By: Omar Fili, CIGA Research Assistant<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Anthony H. Cordesman Affiliation: Center for Strategic and International Studies Organization\/Publisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies Date\/Place: October 15, 2021\/USA Type of Literature: Policy Analysis Number of Pages: 15 Link: https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/china-asia-and-changing-strategic-importance-gulf-and-mena-region Keywords: Energy Imports, Competition, Strategic Partnership Brief:\u00a0 The shift in US strategy from the Middle East to East Asia seems total in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1-300x225.webp",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1-768x576.webp",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=42\" rel=\"category\">East Asia<\/a>","tag_info":"East Asia","comment_count":"0","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1-300x225.webp",300,225,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8441cc052a700ca68f22f7c3c05b6c55b357bc3a-800x557-1.webp",800,600,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"CIGA Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?author=23"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=42\" rel=\"category\">East Asia<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Anthony H. 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