China against US Imperialism in the Arabian Sea

The Case of Oman

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12980432
AutoresLinda Matar (Sun Yat-sen University, autor de correspondencia), Ali Kadri (0000-0003-1953-6852, Sun Yat-sen University)
Año2023
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas285-303
Fecha de publicación2023-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2023.2198668
OpenAlexW4366184505
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas10

When Oman joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative to pursue economic diversification, the US intervened to stop it. Although the foundation stone for Chinese investment plans was laid in 2017, these projects were put on hold, while the US rushed to bolster its military presence in Oman. The article studies Chinese investment in Oman, accounts for what has developed so far, and highlights the reasons for which the US acted to stem the potential of non-oil development in Oman. The disruption of the China-Oman diversification project resembles the US’s targeting of China’s policy of expansion by mutual cooperation elsewhere, but with a twist: Oman sits close to two vital chokepoints, the Bab Al-Mandeb and the Hormuz straits. The article argues that such obstruction is central to the US’s mode of accumulation by militarism. Keeping Oman from auto-developing and building its autonomy makes of it a pliable client state ready to serve as an imperialist post to empire

Autonomy · Business · China · Development economics · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economics · Economy · Empire · Militarism · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · International Development and Aid · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts