Chinese Geo-strategic Expansion in the Levant: A Case Study of Lebanon
As soon as the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, China and the Middle East faced a series of challenges. In recent...
A Wary Chinese Dragon and a Reluctant Lebanese Government
Since China's historic "Belt and Road" initiative was announced in 2013, several countries in the region, including Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, have raised the...
Daniel H. Rosen’s Argument Revisited on Post-Covid China
According to Daniel H. Rosen's article "Xi Is Running Out of Time: China's Economy Heads for a Hard Landing," China's economy is on the...
Ancient Sino-Arabian Cultural Communication: Highlighting the Tang Dynasty
In September 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative. This initiative aims to revive the historic Silk...
Russia’s Campaign against Ukraine: Putin Stands Up To the World
On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a large-scale military action in Ukraine's Donbas. According to former Ukrainian President Petro...
Qassem Soleimani: A Man of Revolution, Victory and Martyrdom
“In the eyes of the enemy, the martyr Qassem Soleimani is more dangerous than General Qassem Soleimani.” On the second anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's...
UN Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997)
On May 21, 1997, the United Nations General Assembly issued Resolution 51/229, approving the International Convention on the Use of Watercourses for Non-Navigational Purposes....
The 5th China-Arab States Expo: Promising Economic Partnerships and More Joint Cooperation
The China-Arab States Expo recently held its fifth session in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Province. Through this exhibition and other...
COVID-19: A Modern Opium War?
US scholar Kenneth Waltz made no mistake when he mentioned “States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are...
U.S. Foreign Policy under Obama: The Case of the Asia-Pacific Region
The foreign policy of the United States has changed dramatically with the accession of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008, especially with regard...