China in the Mediterranean An Arena of Strategic Competition?

This scholarly book provides a timely examination of China's growing influence in the Mediterranean region. It offers a comparative and theoretical perspective underpinned by an up-to-date empirical analysis. The chapters in this book were initially published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics.

About the author

Emilie Tran is Assistant Professor in Politics and Public Administration at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong. She holds a PhD degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France.
Yahia H. Zoubir is Professor of International Studies at KEDGE Business School, France, a non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha, Qatar, and a Fudan University scholar, Shanghai, China. He teaches at various universities around the world.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yahia Zoubir (Editor), Emilie Tran (Editor)
• Authors: Emilie (Hong Kong Metropolitan University) Z Tran
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.11.2025
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9781032795782
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279578-2
• Pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Studies in Mediterranean Politics
• Subjects: China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Political Economy, Mediterranean countries, Mediterranean countries / Mediterranean basin, role theory international relations;security studies Mediterranean;Belt and Road Initiative analysis;infrastructure diplomacy Maghreb;Sino-European strategic relations;Middle East foreign policy;China Mediterranean strategic competition analysis, Middle East foreign policy, security studies Mediterranean, Sino-European strategic relations, Belt and Road Initiative analysis, China Mediterranean strategic competition analysis, infrastructure diplomacy Maghreb