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Afkār is a publication of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, providing short-form analyses, insights, and perspectives on regional issues and developments from the Council's experts and outside contributors. Afkār is published in English and Arabic, and is edited by Omar H. Rahman.

Contact us at afkar@mecouncil.org.

Jingdong Yuan

Senior Researcher and Director of China and Asia Security Programme,the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Bio

Jingdong Yuan is Senior Researcher and Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) China and Asia Security Programme. Dr Yuan’s research focuses on Indo–Pacific security, Chinese foreign policy, Sino–Indian relations, China–European Union relations, and nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. He has held visiting appointments at the National University of Singapore, University of Macau, East–West Center, National Cheng-chi University, Mercator Institute for China Studies, Fudan University, Berlin Social Sciences Centre and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.

Articles

Thinking Through China’s Middle East Policy Amid War

Beijing’s approach towards the Middle East and North Africa balances ambition with caution, but regional instability is testing the opportunity cost of its risk-averse strategy.