... festivals, and bilateral days of culture.
Lebanon cannot be described as China’s main focus, but Lebanon is still of great interest to Beijing due to its geographical location even if there are more strategically “useful” partners in the Greater Middle East and in the Mashriq (for example, Syria and Iraq attract much more Chinese investment). The ports of Tripoli and Beirut may be more actively used by China in the future as trade hubs in the Mediterranean, and thus might be extremely helpful for the BRI further development.
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China usually finances infrastructure through loans,
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The integration of the International North–South Transport Corridor running through Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran and into India with the Belt and Road Initiative could become an element of strategic Russia–China cooperation.
Russia and China may both be interested in gaining continental access to the Middle East using the territories and infrastructure of Iran and Iraq in order to strengthen their influence in the Arab Mashreq sub-region, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. The countries in the region may also be interested in this, as diversifying international relations will allow them to stabilise political ...
... treaties be updated or expanded to include other states, such as the European states and China?
Washington is also in the process of modernizing its tactical nuclear weapons... ... and radar systems in Poland and Romania, as well as in Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East.
How might the 2013 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear accord... ... and Europeans deal with the conflict between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi option to the possibility that...