The Complex Reality of Great Power Competition in the Middle East
Although four indicators - trade, foreign direct investment, arms exports, and military deployment - show trends of foreign engagement, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains immune to sweeping generalizations suggest Amr Hamzawy and Rain Ji in their article for the Carnegie Endowment. The region is now at the core of competition between the United States, China and Russia. China has grown increasingly preoccupied with securing energy supplies from the Gulf. Russia has been invested in protecting its few allies in the region and in disrupting the U.S.-led regional security architecture. All three powers understand both the geostrategic significance of the region and its role in world peace and security, as well as the economic opportunities of offers.
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