A China Card for the Middle East

What the region needs is a new framework for diplomacy — one with the strong backing of a new, non-Western mediator.

Project Syndicate
Jul 28, 2017 · 4 min read
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) shakes hands after presenting a medallion to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 18, 2017. — Photo credit should read MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AFP/Getty Images

By Dominique Moisi

The list of crises plaguing the Middle East is growing. In Yemen, a civil war rages amid an uncontrollable cholera epidemic. In Jerusalem, religious violence is…

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