China and North Africa : between economics, politics and security / edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abdel Ghafar, Adel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East.

North African Studies (Middle East).

China Studies (Politics).

China--Foreign relations--Africa, North.

China.

Africa, North--Foreign relations--China.

Africa, North.

China--Foreign economic relations--Africa.

Africa--Foreign economic relations--China.

Africa.

Africa--Strategic aspects--International cooperation.

Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China).

Local Subjects:

Middle East.

North African Studies (Middle East).

China Studies (Politics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

Summary:

"As the United States slowly disengages from the Middle East and Europe faces internal challenges, a new actor is quietly exerting greater influence across North Africa: China. Beijing's growing footprint in North Africa encompasses, but is not limited to, trade, infrastructure development, ports, shipping, financial cooperation, tourism and manufacturing. It is continuing to expand its co-operation with North African countries, not only in the economic and cultural spheres, but also those of diplomacy and defence. This engagement with North Africa relates to the key aim of President Xi Jinping s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which wants to connect Asia, Africa and Europe and sees potential in North Africa s strategic geographic location. This book is the first to analyse China s role in North Africa. It comprises of five leading country experts - Anouar Boukhars, Yahya Zoubir, Sarah Yerkes, Tareki Magresi and Nael Shama who examine the various socio-economic, political and security aspects of China s relationship with Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. The book explores how China is displaying a development model that seeks to combine authoritarianism with economic growth, a model and that has an eager audience among regimes across the MENA region. It reveals how the China-North Africa relationship fits within the broader dynamics of increasing China-US rivalry. In doing so, contributors explain why China's growing role in North Africa is likely to have far-reaching economic and geopolitical consequences for both countries in the region and around the world."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction, Adel Abdel Ghafar annd Anna Jacobs (Brookings Institute, Doha, Qatar)

2. Sino-Moroccan Relations: A Partnership Seeking to Reach its Full Potential, Anouar Boukhars (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and National Defense University, Washington, DC.)

3. China's Relations with Algeria: From Revolutionary Friendship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Yahya Zoubir (Brookings, Kedge Business School, France)

4. The Burgeoning China-Tunisia Relationship: Short Term Reward, Long Term Risk, Sarah Yerkes (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

5. Libya & China: A tale of Two Eras, Tareki Magresi (European Council on Foreign Relations)

6. Beyond Economics: Sino-Egyptian Relations under El-Sisi, Nael Shama, (Independent Scholar and Author of Egyptian Foreign Policy from Mubarak to Morsi, 2013)

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780755641840

0755641841

9780755641857

075564185X

OCLC:

1247351619