1st Edition

The New Silk Road Grand Strategy and the Maghreb China and North Africa

By Mordechai Chaziza Copyright 2023
166 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Examining Chinese-North African relations through the lens of President Xi Jinping’s Silk Road grand strategy, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of emerging strategic and economic partnerships in the Maghreb region. China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in modern history. This book argues that the BRI framework is vital in... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Analytical Framework: China's BRI Grand Strategy  3. China Foreign Policy in WANA  4. Algeria  5. Morocco  6. Tunisia  7. Mauritania  8. Libya  9. Europe  10. United States  11. China, COVID-19 and the Maghreb Region  12. BRI Grand Strategy Challenges in the Maghreb  13. Conclusions

Biography

Mordechai Chaziza is a senior lecturer at the Department of Politics and Governance and the division of Multidisciplinary Studies in Social Science, at Ashkelon Academic College (Israel). His current research focuses on China’s foreign policy in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, and China’s non-intervention policy in intrastate wars.