Dr. Benjamin Houghton, “China's Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries”
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Dr. Benjamin Houghton, “China's Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries”
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Dr. Benjamin Houghton is a postdoctoral fellow at Lancaster University, UK, where he researches transnational repression. He holds a PhD from Durham University, UK, in Government and International Affairs. He is the author of “China's Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries,” and has published two other books and several articles on global affairs. China intends to have friendly relations through its policy of “strategic hedging .” China launched the Belt and Road Project, one of the largest infrastructure programs in the world, with the goal of pursuing “soft power.” The recent dismantling of USAID, and withdrawal from WHO, has allowed China to fill a leadership void. The key to reducing the possibility of war between China and another country is to reenter the nuclear deal that Trump negated during his first term, and reinforce areas of cooperation, such as the reduction of piracy through the Red Sea Dialogue.