China in Iraq after the war : from underdog to unassailable / Shirzad Azad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Azad, Shirzad, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations--Iraq.

China.

Iraq--Foreign relations--China.

Iraq.

China--Foreign economic relations--Iraq.

Iraq--Foreign economic relations--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

An in-depth study of the increasingly close and wide-ranging relationship between China and Iraq, from economic and military cooperation to technological and cultural exchange.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface

1 At One Fell Swoop: From Political Partisanship to Geostrategic Partnership

Getting hold of a second Iran

A defining conflict: The premature end of the American century?

A reluctant observer: Sino-Iraqi relations before the 2003 war

Lying in store: China and the Iraq War

Manna from heaven: Engaging the post-Saddam Iraq

The "invader" vs. "builder" analogy: Making Iraq a pro-China pal

Conclusion

2 Déjà vu: Courting a Promising Procurer of Arms

Highly ambitious amid setbacks

Seizing the Middle East: The El Dorado of arms trade

The Iran-Iraq War period: A fruitful foray

From Tiananmen to Taiwan: Iraq as a means of gamesmanship

A new cycle: The constant rationale for remilitarization

Starting de novo: Up for high-end arms deals with China

Private security: China guards Chinese interests in Iraq

3 Propelled or Against All Odds: Emerging as the Largest Oil Stakeholder

The raison d'être of an upended state

China in the crosshairs: The oil-oriented theories

The rocky road to scandal: China's oil endeavors in Iraq under Saddam

A place in the sun: Iraq's quest to become a top oil exporter

Defying expectations: The high tide of Sino-Iraqi oil trade

Vacillating: The efficacious effect of sanctions on Iran and Russia

4 Dragon Wags Its Tail: Grasping the Nettle of Construction

Time to mean business

A capitalist's dream: The great building prophesy

A giant workshop in the making: International rivalry heats up

China's involvement prior to 2003

A new dawn: The Chinese return

A new top-tier: Iraq embraces "the Silk Road Axis"

5 Stretching Commercial Claws: Purview of a Top Trading Partner

Rekindled: The looking-East policy

Aiming at the pinnacle.

Up for grabs: A major market in the making

Testing the waters: Trading ties before the 2003 war

Inroads: Emerging as Baghdad's biggest commercial partner

Ace in the hole: The transfer of technology

A modus vivendi of barter: The Oil-for-Project agreement

De-dollarization: Jumping on the Chinese bandwagon

On the back burner: Non-oil exports

6 Greasing the Cogs: Commerce Coaxes Culture

A mine for digging up dirt on America

Pushing for soft power in a hard place: The practical part

Through the vista of the past: Commingling culture and commerce

Debt relief: Aid for bids

The vaccine diplomacy: Robbing hearts and provoking minds

Constructing schools: The nexus of building, the BRI, and branding

7 Playing Peekaboo with the Kurds: Halfhearted Engagement with the KRG

No longer the backwoods of Iraq

Catch-as-catch-can: Learning from the Eastern model

Above commonality: The Weltanschauung of Sino-Kurdish ruling elites

Unpremeditated: The Chinese and Kurdish dreams meet

Into cash and carrion: Limited partnership with a beleaguered territory

Don't ask: Striving to dodge the Kurdish question

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Azad, Shirzad. China in Iraq after the war

ISBN:

1-350-54250-4

1-350-54249-0

1-350-54248-2

OCLC:

1479533603