"Chinese-Gulf Relations and their Impact on the American Role"

Abstract

  The study examined Chinese-Gulf relations and their impact on the American role in the Arabian Gulf region in the period from 2000-2023, by explaining the roots of the relationship between the Republic of China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the extent of its impact on the American role in the region, and the future effects that affect Arabian Gulf region. The study was launched from a pivotal goal of explaining the indicators that supported the Chinese position for advancement in the Gulf region, and which affected American hegemony in the region through the extent of each country’s dependence on Gulf oil coupled with the volume of intra-regional trade. Which answers the study’s questions: To what extent have American relations been affected by the Chinese role? What is the Chinese strategy followed in the Gulf region? In answering the questions, the study relied on the idea of methodological integration with research and focused on the descriptive approach and the comparative approach in analyzing aspects of the subject of the study. The study concluded a set of results, the most important of which is that the development of Chinese-Gulf relations affected the American role through China’s endeavor to increase its economic influence in the Gulf region based on a long-term strategy linked to the Belt and Road project, which links the Arabian Gulf with many international agreements that help it impose its political and economic influence. To preserve the security of the region, China used the method of resolving regional disputes through diplomatic means, which had a negative impact on the American role, in terms of reducing the process of purchasing American weapons and dispensing with American protection for the Gulf region.