Article Published In Vol.7 (May-June 2019)

Gulf-China relations, the belt and road initiative and its impact on Gulf security

Author : Basma Khaleel Namuq and Dr. Mohamed Aziz Abdul-Hassan

The Gulf Cooperation Council of China is based on the idea of replacing the Gulf with the axis of its relations and its previous alliances with America and the West with a new one. It is a strategy that links and strengthens its old alliances and alliances with new ones, while attracting the Chinese side’s project towards the Gulf and reducing its dependence on the Asian road

Keywords: Gulf-China relations, belt and road initiative impact Gulf security