Strategic Hedging and China’s Economic Policy in the Middle East

Although some may assert that it is too early to assess the impact of Anwar al-Sadat's liberalization policies on the Egyptian economy, I believe there is enough evidence to measure the important trends that have arisen in their wake. And while the statistics and conclusions may be regarded as tentative, they delineate a picture.“There is a smell of money around this place.” With this sentence J. R. Frickers, head of Mobil Oil in Egypt, gives us a feeling for the atmosphere that prevailed in Egypt in 1974. The oil price hike of December 23, 1973, created billions of-dollars in surplus funds for Saudi Arabia and the other Arab oil-producing states.

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Israel–China Relations Enter a New Stage: Limited Strategic Hedging

Contemporary Review of the Middle East ◽

10.1177/2347798917744293 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 30-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mordechai Chaziza

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Special Relationship ◽

East Region ◽

Highly Sensitive ◽

The Us ◽

The Future ◽

Middle East Region ◽

Strategic Hedging

Since the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Israel in 1992, their relations have warmed up and developed rapidly in diverse areas. This study offers a new theoretical framework, strategic hedging behavior, for analyzing Sino-Israel relations, in order to understand the nature and scope of the hedging relationship between China and Israel. What impact will China’s hedging relationship with Israel have on Washington’s dominance in the Middle East region? The study asserts that this relationship is limited to economics and technology, and China’s relations with Israel cannot replace Israel’s strategic and special relationship with the US. However, the future of the hedging relationship countries is highly sensitive to the evolution of US–China relations in the Middle East and other areas.

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9. American Global Economic Policy and the Civic Order in the Middle East

Is There a Middle East? ◽

10.1515/9780804782654-014 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 191-206

Keyword(s):

Economic Policy ◽

Middle East

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Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Research in Middle East Economics - Food, Agriculture, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa ◽

10.1016/s1094-5334(03)05005-2 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 1-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Hans Lofgren ◽

Alan Richards

Keyword(s):

Economic Policy ◽

Food Security ◽

Middle East ◽

North Africa

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Islamic Neoliberalism for Jordan's Islamic Action Front in Islamic Banking and Finance

Politics and Religion ◽

10.1017/s1755048320000073 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 768-795

Author(s):

Sarah A. Tobin

Keyword(s):

Economic Policy ◽

Middle East ◽

Middle Class ◽

Party Politics ◽

The State ◽

Political Support ◽

Islamic Banking ◽

Ethical Concerns ◽

Banking And Finance ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThere is a paradox: why are there so many political and economic Islamic actors in the Middle East but not a large willingness on their part to adopt and promote Islamic banking and finance methodologies? This paper argues that the more vague and ambivalent these actors are on economic policy, the wider their appeal; and, by extension, the more compatible Islamic ideas and ideologies are with neoliberalism. The case of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) in Jordan is given as it has adopted an emphasis on Islamic middle-class values and ethical concerns of neoliberalism in order to gain political support. The case of the IAF demonstrates that there are points of compatibility between the neoliberal economy and Islamist politics. In the calibrations of the relationship between the state and Islamist party politics in line with Islamic neoliberal tenets, this approach ensures enhanced appeal for neoliberal Islamism into the future.

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