POWER POLITICS IN MIDDLE EAST: A CASE STUDY OF SINO IRANIAN RELATIONS
| dc.contributor.author | BAKHTAWAR OBED, EEMAN FATIMA & MONICA BABAR | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-18T07:06:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-18T07:06:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-05-23 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Iran-China bilateral ties, which were formed in 1971, have seen significant changes since 1979, particularly following the conclusion of the Cold War. Both countries chose to expand their relations in various areas despite basic differences in ideological dogma and governance structure, and based on a number of areas of commonality, most notably a similar international outlook as developing states of the South, and mutual need in economic fields, most notably energy, and also in the military field. This research thesis examines the evolution of these bilateral ties since the early 1980s, focusing on two sets of elements that have influenced them: favorable and restrictive factors. While favorable factors contributed to the expansion and deepening of Tehran-Beijing relations during the period under consideration, the article argues that China's grand strategy to become a world power and the requisite policy of rapprochement with the West, particularly the United States, have in fact intervened to constrain China's relations with other states, including Iran. Similarly, the continuation of a state of tension between Iran and the United States after 1979, particularly since 2003 over the nuclear issue, and hence US pressure on China, have played a major role in complicating Iran-China ties. Despite Iran's emphasis on the "Look to the East Policy" since 2005, China's backing for UN Security Council sanctions resolutions on Iran since 2006 has mirrored China's predicament and worked to constrict relations, even to some extent inside the energy area. This research thesis concludes that, despite the inevitability of restrictions in Iran-China relations due to the dynamics at play, both nations would retain their relations in the economic and energy sectors, as well as on international and multilateral matters of mutual importance. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.kinnaird.edu.pk/handle/123456789/177 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
| dc.title | POWER POLITICS IN MIDDLE EAST: A CASE STUDY OF SINO IRANIAN RELATIONS | |
| dc.type | Thesis |