'China's economic influence in the Middle East could potentially help it broker peace' an interview with CWP alum Dawn Murphy
NPR's Scott Simon asks Prof. Dawn Murphy of the National War College about China's economic influence in the Middle East and how the U.S. hopes to manage it.
The war between Israel and Hamas has highlighted the limits of U.S. influence in the region. It has also shown what country does hold sway in the Middle East - China. The country the U.S. views as an economic and security threat has hundreds of billions and billions of dollars in investments and partnerships with almost every country in the region. And the U.S. hoped that China's role in the Middle East could be used to do with the U.S. has not been able to do - bring peace in the region. Dawn Murphy is associate professor of national security strategy at the National War College, joins us in our studios. Thanks so much for being with us.
FEBRUARY 10, 20247:57 AM ET - HEARD ON WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY - Scott Simon - https://www.npr.org/2024/02/10/1230605039/chinas-economic-influence-in-the-middle-east-could-potentially-help-it-broker-pe
Dr. Dawn Murphy joined the National War College as an Associate Professor of National Security Strategy in 2022. Prior to joining NWC, her academic appointments included Associate Professor of International Security Studies at Air War College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Princeton (Columbia)-Harvard China and the World Program at Princeton University. Murphy specializes in Chinese foreign policy and domestic politics, US-China relations, and international relations. Her research analyzes China’s interests and behavior as a rising global power towards the existing international order. She examines China’s relations with the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa in her book China’s Rise in the Global South: The Middle East, Africa, and Beijing’s Alternative World Order (Stanford University Press, 2022). It analyzes China’s foreign policy approach towards the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa regionally (e.g., political, economic, military, and foreign aid) and through detailed case studies of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF), the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the China-Middle East Issues Special Envoy, the China-Africa Issues Special Envoy, China’s Special Envoy for Syria, China’s naval base in Djibouti, and China’s Belt and Road initiative. Dr. Murphy holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University.
Photo Credit: By Ecrusized, influenced by user Rr016. - Own work, Israeli military presence in Gaza Strip citing Institute for the Study of War & Critical Threats Project. Maximum Palestinian advance citing NYT & WSJ. Made using OpenTopoMap data., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138592589
