Connected Vessels
West Asia and East Asia in China's Geopolitics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3783178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yitzhak Shichor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Issue | 35 |
| Pages | 319-339 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Araucaria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1575-6823 • E-ISSN: 2340-2199 |
| Publisher | Editorial Universidad de Sevilla (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.12795/araucaria.2016.i35.15 |
| OpenAlex | W2473162349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
East Asia and West Asia (the Middle East)2 are usually treated in the academic literature as two distinct and separate issues in Chinese foreign policy. Studies of China's policy in East Asia hardly mention the Middle East and studies of the Middle East hardly mention East Asia. In fact, these two regions are not simply interconnected in China's geopolitical outlook but provide clues to understanding Beijing's foreign policy toward each of them -they are interdependent. As such, they are connected vessels in the sense that the situation in one region affects, or even determines, China's policy in the other. This is evident in a number of perspectives: strategy, economics, energy, military and Islam. Mutual dependence is one of the features of contemporary international relations, after the end of the Cold War. While usually it is limited to one aspect or two (primarily economic and military), in the case of China and the Middle East, mutual regional dependence involve a number of levels
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · East Asia · Geography · Geopolitics · Humanities · Political science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |