China's Changing Strategies And Motivations In The Middle East:The Cases Of Israel And Syria

This paper explores the way China's Middle East policy and strategies are changing,using the cases of Israel and Syria.The paper examines what strategies are changing and how,and asks the question of what is motivating these change while using a realist theoretical framework coupled with creative involvement theory.The paper also seeks to find areas where academic literature leaves gaps in the narrative of China's changing strategies.The methods used include data analysis from policy papers and news sources as well as interviews with scholars to help fill in the gaps in the literature.Through these interviews and the data analysis,the author expects to find that based on a realist perspective,it is important to consider the protection of the security of China's economic assets,the protection of its domestic security from the threat of Islamist extremism,and its rise toward becoming a great power on the world stage as part of China's motivations for its changes in the Middle East.Another expected finding is that the One Belt One Road Initiative is playing a large role in China's economic and political ambitions.