In a commentary, Dr James M. Dorsey, Senior  Fellow at RSIS discussed why China is contemplating greater political engagement in the Middle East and the implications.

…Dr. James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and a senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. He is also a senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and co-director of the University of Wuerzburg’s Institute of Fan Culture in Germany.