Treading with caution review

Treading with caution review

Treading with caution is an article written by Imad Mansour describing the relationship between China and other Gulf nations. It shows how Chinese foreign policy relates to issues that affect them directly. Despite the differences between China and the Gulf states, china’s approach was incrementally integrated to local demands.

The Gulf States have been into talks with China to enhance their relationship, and China had been returning a favor on them. For example, China’s army has been participating in the counter-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden. Besides, it has helped Iran to conduct military exercises and have coordinated anti-terrorism with Saudi Arabia in facilitating logistics to be reached with Djibouti. The ties with the Gulf States have been prompted by the perception of China as arising state, the economic profits in China, and its interest in attending to Gulf interests.

Major power interventions have influenced the preferences and strategies of the Gulf States. These expectations have influenced China because it is viewed as a world power, and its liberalization conforms to the rules of the Gulf States. Moreover, during the democratic reformation in China, the Gulf States helped china to achieve liberalization without interfering with its sovereignty. China also supported international agencies in mediating Iran and Iraq through the United Nations. Furthermore, China refused to secure the oil in the Gulf during the war between Iraq and Iran because it would lead to a conflict of influence. In the 1990s, China had bilateral ties with Iran trading in arms in ways that it did not violate the American policy. The future relationship between China and the Gulf is not well known, with the current American leadership concerns to the Gulf region.