Article
The China–Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: a Tale of Two Regional Security Complexes
Asian Affairs
ORCID Identifiers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
The China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP) has been described as a potentially disruptive alignment. This article analyses the impact of the CSP in two regional security complexes (RSCs): the Persian Gulf and South Asia. It finds that of the two RSCs, the China-Iran CSP has a greater likelihood of affecting the strategic landscape of the South Asian RSC as China seeks to contain India's power and influence. In the Persian Gulf, China's economically-motivated regional presence is supported by the maintenance of the status quo, and as a result the CSP is not likely to adversely affect that RSC.
DOI Link
10.1080/03068374.2022.2029073
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Disciplines
Keywords
- Chabahar,
- China,
- India,
- Iran,
- Persian Gulf,
- Regional Security Complex Theory,
- South Asia
Scopus ID
85124955247
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2022.2029073
Citation Information
Jonathan Fulton. "The China–Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: a Tale of Two Regional Security Complexes" Asian Affairs (2022) ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0306-8374" target="_blank">0306-8374</a> Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan-fulton/26/