The Vital Triangle: China, the United States, and the Middle East

by Jon B. Alterman and John W. Garver

This volume explores the complex interrelationships among China, the United States, and the Middle East--what the authors call the "vital triangle." There is surely much to be gained from continuing the conventional two-dimensional analysis--China and the United States, the United States and the Middle East, and China and the Middle East. Such scholarship has a long history and no doubt a long future. But it is the three-dimensional equation--which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089206529X
• ISBN13: 9780892065295
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"