China against US Imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman

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Titre

China against US Imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman

Créateur

Matar, Linda Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Kadri, Ali Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2023

Dans

Middle East Critique Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

When Oman joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative to pursue economic diversification, the US intervened to stop it. Although the foundation stone for Chinese investment plans was laid in 2017, these projects were put on hold, while the US rushed to bolster its military presence in Oman. The article studies Chinese investment in Oman, accounts for what has developed so far, and highlights the reasons for which the US acted to stem the potential of non-oil development in Oman. The disruption of the China-Oman diversification project resembles the US’s targeting of China’s policy of expansion by mutual cooperation elsewhere, but with a twist: Oman sits close to two vital chokepoints, the Bab Al-Mandeb and the Hormuz straits. The article argues that such obstruction is central to the US’s mode of accumulation by militarism. Keeping Oman from auto-developing and building its autonomy makes of it a pliable client state ready to serve as an imperialist post to empire.

Langue

eng

volume

32

numéro

2

pages

285–303

doi

10.1080/19436149.2023.2198668

issn

1943-6149

uri

https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2023.2198668

Matar, Linda et Kadri, Ali, “China against US Imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman”, 2023, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23549