In the fifth episode of our podcast miniseries, China in the Middle East, Jon Alterman looks at U.S.-Chinese cooperation and competition in the region with Robert Manning and Dawn Murphy. They discuss how the United States is changing its traditional role in the Middle East, and what that means for China\u2019s role in the region. Jon also discusses how Somali pirates have brought China closer to multilateral military cooperation.\nChina in the Middle East is a six-part miniseries that is part of our regular series podcast, Babel: Translating the Middle East. We release new episodes every Tuesday.\nRobert Manning, \u201cThe beginning of the end of a US role in the Middle East?\u201d The Hill, October 15, 2019.\nRobert Manning, \u201cAI ripe for US-China cooperation,\u201d Global Times, October 6, 2019.\nDawn Murphy, \u201cChina\u2019s Approach to International Terrorism,\u201d United States Institute of Peace, September 2017.\nDawn Murphy, hearing on \u201cChina and the Middle East,\u201d testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, June 6, 2013.