Scobell Andrew, Nader Alireza. China in the Middle East. The Wary Dragon

Santa Monica; RAND, 2016. — 111 p.This study examines China’s interests in the Middle East and assesses China’s economic, political, and security activities there to determine whether China has a strategy toward the region and what such a strategy means for the United States. The study focuses on China’s relations with two of its key partners in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and Iran.