Abstract:

In this study, it is aimed to investigate the policies of People’s Republic of China towards Middle Eastern geography, which made itself visible in almost all areas of modern international system. This paper consists of three parts. In the first part,China’s rise that is being described as a “rising power” in the literature frequently will be discussed and the initiatives for definition and explanation for this “rise” will be touched upon. In the second part, it will be focused on how a foreign policy agenda China is creating and how it follows its agenda at the global level. In this regard, it will be tried to understand whether China is putting a special emphasis on Middle Eastern geography. In the third part, it will be figured out what kind of a pattern China is following regarding its Middle Eastern policy, based on which points China is producing its policies and through which mechanisms China is working to implement its prospective agenda. In the conclusion part, it will be aimed to present the opportunities that China has grasped considering its Middle Eastern policy and challenges that China has faced within this geography.

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