"How do aspiring and established rising global powers respond to conflict? Using China, the book studies its response to wars and rivalries in the Middle East from the Cold War to the present. Since the People's Republic was established in 1949, China has long been involved in the Middle East and its conflicts, from exploiting or avoiding them to their management, containment or resolution. Using a conflict and peace studies angle, Burton adopts a broad perspective on Chinese engagement by looking at its involvement in the region's conflicts including Israel/Palestine, Iraq before and after 2003, Sudan and the Darfur crisis, the Iranian nuclear deal, the Gulf crisis and the wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen. The book reveals how a rising global and non-Western power handles the challenges associated with both violent and non-violent conflict and the differences between limiting and reducing violence alongside other ways to eliminate the causes of conflict and grievance"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Conflict and its management -- China, Algeria and Egypt : the War of Independence and the Suez Crisis to Camp David -- China and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation : from people's war to the Algiers Declaration, 1967-1988 -- China, the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula : from militancy to diplomacy during the Cold War -- China and the Iran-Iraq War -- China and Iraq : the Gulf Wars and the war against ISIS -- China and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since Oslo -- China and the Darfur Crisis in Sudan -- China and Libya : from Gaddafi to the uprising and after -- China and the Syrian Civil War -- China and contemporary conflict in Yemen and the Horn of Africa -- China and the Iran nuclear deal -- China and the Gulf crisis -- Conclusion.