international alignment decisions by examining the case of China’s partnership diplomacy in the period from 1990 to 2014 …, at least in the case of China. …

and China in the Persian Gulf region, in particular in view of US (mis)handling of local conflicts and China's expanding … power vacuum and opportunity for China to edge in. China has expanding economic involvement in the Gulf and has overtaken … the US as the biggest importer of oil from the GCC. With expanding trade, investment and contract work in the Gulf, China …