Political Strategic Studies

China's economic strategy in hegemonic competition with the United States in the Middle East

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Majid Sharafkhani 1
Rahmat Hajimineh 2
Mohammad Reza Dehshiri 3

1 PhD Candidate in International Relations, Department of International Relations, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor , International Relations, Department of Communication and Social Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Visiting Professor, International Relations, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qpss.2022.61462.2909
Abstract
From the time of mercantilism onwards, international trade has always been an arena of geopolitical rivalry, and the unipolar international order that emerged after the end of the cold war essentially created a special security architecture in the strategic Middle East so that it could maintain its status quo. Powers inevitably have to choose between two options to work within the framework or to challenge it. This paper examines the competition between the US and china in the form of strategic hedging and under the global value chain structure. The authors will seek to answer the question: What is china's middle east economic strategy in competition with the US? The research hypothesis is that China's middle East economic strategy in competing with the US is targeted influence through the most effective sections of the international value chain. The research findings are based on its explanatory-analytical method, that in the Middle East look, China according to the United States' efforts to build a unified trade front to counter Beijing's state-owned capitalism and in order to reduce its energy security risk, has focused on technology security at targeting growth in the value chain hierarchy and gaining a foothold at its highest levels.

Keywords

China
USA
trade war
global value chain
Middle East
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