Imad Mansour Mansour

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Imad Mansour

Imad Mansour was previously at Qatar University, Sciences Po Paris – Campus Moyen-Orient Méditerranée à Menton, and McGill University. His research interests are at the intersection of interdisciplinary approaches to studying the influence of narratives in government and state building, foreign policy analysis, and regional rivalries.

He is author of Statecraft in the Middle East: Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and Security (I.B. Tauris, 2016), and Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa, co-edited with William R. Thompson (Georgetown University Press, 2020). Some of his articles include: “Explaining the influence of Maghrebi rivalries on Tunisian foreign policy” (2020); “Treading with Caution: China’s Expanding Security Presence in the Gulf” (2019); “The State of Hezbollah? Sovereignty as a Potentiality in Global South Contexts” (2018); “A Global South Perspective on International Relations Theory” (2017).

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The GCC States and the Viability of a Strategic Military Partnership with China
Middle East Institute
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    • The GCC States and the Viability of a Strategic Military Partnership with China

    The term “strategic partnership” has been increasingly used in GCC circles to signify that relations with China are important and worthy of long-term investment. In a March 14, 2014 speech during his visit to Beijing, Saudi Arabia’s then Crown Prince Salman announced that “we are witnessing the transformation of the relationship with China to one of strategic partnership with broad dimensions, to the benefit of both our countries.” Saudi Arabia’s position was echoed by the emir of Qatar during a 2014 visit to China in which issues of common concern to all GCC states, especially combating terrorism, were discussed. Abdel-Aziz Aluwaisheg, GCC general assistant secretary for negotiations and strategic dialogue, has also noted that there is growing interest in the Gulf to develop a “strategic dialogue” with China.

    March 17, 2015

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