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Zongyuan (Zoe) Liu is a PhD Candidate at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. Her dissertation topic is on the rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Asian-Pacific region. Zoe has done extensive research in Persian Gulf-East Asia relations with a special focus on energy and finance, Pan-Eurasian infrastructure and logistics, Eurasia trans-regional economic interdependence, and Asian energy security. Her specialties cover trans-border mega infrastructures in emerging Asia and Eurasia, including cross-border pipelines, railways, highways, and airports.
The flow of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf to East Asia has rejuvenated the ancient Silk Road, refashioning new networks of collaboration. The energy trade―the backbone of Sino-Middle Eastern ties―has provided the foundation for an increasingly diversified and robust set of relationships between China and the Gulf monarchies. The multidimensional strategic partnership between China and the UAE, in particular, is illustrative of this broader pattern.
