In April 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Security Initiative at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference. In February of this year, China released.
This report addresses two widely held beliefs about the nature of China’s engagement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that ought to be revisited in light of notable developments.
The OPEC+ decision to cut oil production creates momentum and encourages China to accelerate the exploitation of the multipolar moment rising in the Middle East.
Senior Chinese diplomats have highlighted the urgent need to promote "a new security architecture in the Middle East" and advance common security in the region to deal with spillover effects of geopolitical conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic and the food crisis.