China in the Middle East: Part Three

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 2 p.m.

b'In the third episode of our podcast miniseries, China in the Middle East, Jon Alterman explores China\\u2019s security interests in the Middle East. Jon also talks to Dean Cheng, Evan Medeiros, and Andrew Scobell about China\\u2019s current security capacity in the region, and how China is using a blend of military, economic, and technological capacities to advance China\\u2019s interest in stability and security in the region.\\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.\\nDean Cheng, Middle East Lessons for China: Internal Stability, The Heritage Foundation, March 21, 2011.\\nEvan S. Medeiros, The Changing Fundamentals of US-China Relations, The Washington Quarterly, October 11, 2019.\\nAndrew Scobell and Alireza Nader, China in the Middle East: The Wary Dragon, RAND Corporation, December 5, 2016.'