
China starts to sketch new Middle East architecture
As America recalibrates its terms of engagement with the Middle East, China has gradually been expanding its influence in ways that could alter the very

China and the Middle East in a Shifting Energy Landscape
China has long relied on the Middle East to secure much of the oil needed to fuel its rapid economic development. Now Chinese President Xi

How China’s Afghanistan Policy Impacts Its Approach to the Middle East
The U.S. departure did not take Beijing by surprise. Likewise, Beijing has invested considerable thinking on how to avoid being part of the “graveyard of empires.” Yet while Chinese officials expressed

‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ and China’s New View of War
On China’s October 1 National Day holiday, while real-life People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighter jets and other military planes sortied into the Taiwan Straits in

China’s Interest in the Middle East: From Barrels to Bytes
China’s relations with the Middle East have long revolved around securing the energy it needs to fuel its economic development. But in recent years, Beijing

How Israeli healthcare could partner with China-led AIIB
תקציר בעברית בתחתית המאמר As the world continues to battle against a pandemic of epic proportions, upgrading healthcare systems, developing MedTech innovations, and improving emergency

The real motivation behind China’s digital yuan
The People’s Republic of China does not seem to want people to think that its digital yuan holds any potential to influence global power dynamics.

China finance meets the 4th Industrial Revolution
The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has spurred the development and integration of advanced disruptive technologies both within and across societies, with vast implications

How China views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The current fighting reveals just how difficult it will be for Beijing to maintain friendships with both sides. Recent weeks have seen Israelis and Palestinians

China’s position on the Gaza-instigated war reveals long standing Chinese interests
On May 17, CGTN posted the statement of the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who chaired Sunday’s United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

Feeding 1.4bn people: a matter of national security
While Israel may not look at food as a national security issue, China certainly does. Until 30 years ago, food in China was scarce and

China’s two sessions – why Israeli policymakers & entrepreneurs should’ve been watching
The “two sessions” — annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) — just recently came to

Israel’s looming conundrum: a US-China cleantech arms race
What has long been hailed as an area where rival nations can find avenues for cooperation is now poised to become the next arena of

Netanyahu’s good news story
As the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, Benjamin Netanyahu has had a profound influence on the course of Sino-Israeli relations. In March 2009, when

A Marriage of Inconvenience: How a Lack of Russian Vigilance Might Prove to be Crippling for Moscow
Interest-based relationships are paving the road towards a new global reality. While many liberal democracies vie to conserve the ‘enlightened’ frameworks of the past, others