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Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Kyle Haddad-Fonda

Kyle Haddad-Fonda is director of strategic initiatives at the Nicholas Sparks Foundation. He conducted research for this article while a postdoctoral academic researcher at the Center for Middle East Peace Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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Prospects for China's Expanding Role in the Middle East

In the autumn of 2011, as the international outcry against Bashar al-Asad intensified, it was impossible for the government of China to avoid being drawn into the conflict in Syria. After China joined Russia in October of that year in vetoing a UN Security Council resolution condemning the brutality

Kyle Haddad-Fonda • 12 min read