Introduction. China and the Challenges in Greater Middle East Sørensen, Camilla T. N.; Andersen, Lars Erslev; Jiang, Yang Published in: China and the challenges in greater Middle East Publication date: 2016 Citation for published version (APA): Sørensen, C. T. N., Andersen, L. E., & Jiang, Y. (2016). Introduction. China and the Challenges in Greater Middle East. In China and the challenges in greater Middle East (1 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 5-10). [1] Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier. Download date: 26. Sep. 2021 CHINA AND THE CHALLENGES IN GREATER MIDDLE EAST Conference report Organized by DIIS . Danish Institute for International Studies and University of Copenhagen on 10 November 2015 China and the Challenges in Greater Middle East – Conference report 1 This conference report is published by DIIS · Danish Institute for International Studies Østbanegade 117, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Tel: +45 32 69 87 87 E-mail:
[email protected] www.diis.dk Layout: Allan Lind Jørgensen Printed in Denmark by Eurographic Danmark ISBN 978-87-7605-838-8 (print) ISBN 978-87-7605-839-5 (pdf) DIIS publications can be downloaded free of charge or ordered from www.diis.dk © Copenhagen 2016, the authors, DIIS and KU 2 China and the Challenges in Greater Middle East – Conference report TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 Lars Erslev Andersen, Yang Jiang and Camilla Sørensen CHINA’S DIPLOMACY IN THE GULF REGION: ENERGY AND (IN)SECURITY 10 Marc Lanteigne CAN CHINA BE A PILLAR OF GCC SECURITY? 17 Imad Mansour CHINA-MIDDLE EAST RELATIONS: NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW APPROACHES 22 Zhang Jiadong CHINA’S MIDDLE EAST CONUNDRUM AND PROSPECTS FOR COLLECTIVE SECURITY 27 N.