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Xi Jinping wants to rewire the international system in Beijing’s image — but he’s left it to a deputy to make the case.

As the US pulls back from the Mideast, China leans in

States in the Middle East are increasingly looking to China not just to buy their oil, but to invest in their infrastructure and cooperate on technology and security.

China is expanding its ties to Middle Eastern states with vast infrastructure investments and cooperation on technology and security.

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Advertisement The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Gedaliah Afterman, head of the Asia Policy Program at the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel, is the 270th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” How has the China-Iran 25-year agreement strategically ...