Book Review: China in Iraq after the War

By Yasir Kuoti, for the Yale Journal of International Affairs. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.

China in Iraq after the War: From Underdog to Unassailable

Under President Xi Jinping, China has considerably expanded its footprint across the Middle East, transforming from a cautious actor into a significant economic, political, and diplomatic stakeholder. It is against this broader shift in China-Middle East relations that Shirzad Azad's Iraq After the War: From Underdog to Unassailable examines Beijing's rising role in post-2003 Iraq.

Azad's central argument is that the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq created an opening that enabled Beijing to reposition itself from peripheral observer to indispensable partner in one of the world's most vital regions.

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