China in Iraq after the War: From Underdog to Unassailable [Hardcover]

In this in-depth and wide-ranging study, Shirzad Azad explores the changing relationship between post-Saddam Hussein Iraq and the People's Republic of China.China in Iraq After the Warcharts the deepening relationship between the two countries since the 2003 American-led invasion, that has seen China become the biggest international stakeholder in Iraq. The book uncovers the scope of China's and Iraq's collaboration in a number of sectors, including military, economic, technological and cultural and considers the motivating forces behind this unlikely relationship.An in-depth study of the increasingly close and wide-ranging relationship between China and Iraq, from economic and military cooperation to technological and cultural exchange.Shirzad Azadis an independent scholar, with 9 previous publications on Asian-Middle East relations, includingLooking East: A Changing Middle East Realigns with a Rising Asia(2020) andChina and Iran Readjust Relations: Economic Implications of the Suspended Nuclear Deal(2024).Azad offers a compelling analysis of how China used the turmoil that followed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq to become the country ' s dominant economic partner. Foreign Affairs

Preface
1. At One Fell Swoop: From Political Partisanship to Geostrategic Partnership
2. Deja Vu: Courting a Promising Procurer of Arms
3. Propelled or Against All Odds: Emerging as the Largest Stakeholder
4. Dragon Wags Its Tail: Grasping the Nettle of Construction
5. Stretching Commercial Claws: Purview of a Top Trading Partner
6. Greasing the Cogs: Commerce Coaxes Culture
7. Playing Peekaboo with the Kurds: Half-hearted Engagement with the KRG

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