@article{94ce90b8739147f8af707552bb8fec1e,
title = "Managing China-U.S. energy competition in the Middle East",
author = "Flynt Leverett and Jeffrey Bader",
note = "Funding Information: China's energy-driven initiatives in the Middle East have been generally well received in the region. Both Iran and Saudi Arabia have responded positively to Chinese overtures. For Iran, the political and strategic advantages of cultivating closer ties to China seem obvious. As Tehran comes under increased international pressure over its nuclear activities, the support of a permanent member both of the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors provides much needed international political cover. Given China's history of supplying arms and sensitive military technology to Iran, Tehran almost certainly calculates that Beijing might play such a role again. Under new Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who seems to disdain Europe almost as much as the United States and has spoken openly about the imperative for Iran to forge strategic alliances with strong, non-Western countries such as China, the Chinese {"}option{"} is likely to become even more attractive.26 Tehran sees China's support for watering down an IAEA resolution referring Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council and China's abstention on the final weakened resolution as an early benefit.",
year = "2005",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1162/016366005774859643",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "29",
pages = "187--201",
journal = "Washington Quarterly",
issn = "0163-660X",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}