With China replacing the United States as the world's leading energy user and net oil importer, its relations with the Middle East is becoming a major issue with global implications. Horesh and his contributors set out to analyse the implications of China's growing presence in the Middle East.

List of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction; Prof. Niv Horesh 1. Sino-American Crosscurrents in the Middle East: Perceptions and Realities; Prof. Yitzhak Shichor 2. An Alternative to the EU? Turkey ' 's New ' 'Look East ' ' Strategy and Its China Outlook; Prof. Zan Tao 3. A New Eurasian Embrace: Turkey Pivots East While China Marches West; Dr Christina Lin 4. The Perception of the 2009 Ürümqi Conflict across the Islamic World; Prof. Robert R. Bianchi 5. China ' 's Dual Diplomacy: Arab Iraq and the Kurdistan Region; Dr Mohammed Shareef 6. An Analysis of the Evolution of Sino-Egyptian Economic Relations, 1995-2012; Prof. Yasser M. Gadallah 7. Chinese and U.S. Energy Policy in the Middle East; Prof. Gawdat Bahgat 8. Does Likud Have a ' 'Look East ' ' Option; Prof. Niv Horesh 9. China and the Gulf Co-operation Council: The Rebound Relationship; Dr Neil Quilliam 10. Chinese Policy in the Middle East in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings; Mr Michael Singh 11. China ' 's Approach to Iran ' 's Nuclear Programme; Prof. John Garver 12. The Future of Sino-Iran Relations; Prof. Manochehr Dorraj Conclusions; Prof. Niv Horesh and Ruike XU