China’s strategic partnership with the UAE: Foundation and prospects

Huwaidin, Mohamed Bin

doi:10.1080/01495933.2022.2057734

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“…The model considers three phases of strategic partnerships: formation, implementation, and evaluation. The framework has so far been applied to analyse the strategic partnerships between Russia and China (Wilkins, 2008), Japan and Australia (Wilkins, 2011), EU and South Africa (Adelle and Kotsopoulos, 2017), 7 South Africa and Russia (Geldenhuys, 2020), and China and the United Arab Emirates (Bin Huwaidin, 2022). Differing from previous analyses, this article employs solely the formation phase of the strategic partnership model to explore the prospects for the emergence of a currently non-existing strategic partnership.…”

Section: Strategic Partnerships In the International Relations Litera...mentioning

confidence: 99%

South Africa-Nordic Relations

Hattar,

Bækkevold

2023

The Thinker

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Since the democratisation of South Africa in the mid-90s, South Africa and the Nordic countries have cooperated multilaterally as well as in bilateral settings in areas such as education and research, business and trade, and peace and security. By exploring the research question ‘What are the prospects for a strategic partnership between South Africa and the Nordic region?’, this article provides insights into the nature of South Africa-Nordic contemporary relations and advances our theoretical understanding of what factors influence the formation of strategic partnerships. The analysis is informed by Thomas Wilkins’ strategic partnership model, which sets forth that the formation of strategic partnerships hinges on three core factors: environmental uncertainty, strategic fit, and a system principle. It is argued herein that a fourth factor, international and domestic political context, also plays a role in the formation phase of a strategic partnership; an argument which is supported empirically by the South Africa-Nordic case. Data for the analysis is mainly collected from South African and Nordic government documents, while occasionally also drawing upon party documents, academic publications, and news articles. The paper concludes that the plurality of common national interests and shared values make fertile ground for a comprehensive and mutually beneficial strategic partnership between South Africa and the Nordics. Nevertheless, current political contextual factors diminish the likelihood that such a strategic partnership will emerge in the immediate future.

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Section: Strategic Partnerships In the International Relations Litera...mentioning

confidence: 99%

South Africa-Nordic Relations

Hattar,

Bækkevold

2023

The Thinker

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“…Hall (2009) argued that the predominance of narrow corporatist notions of collaboration and partnership in network structures might serve to undermine the development of the social capital required for sustainable development. In the era of nowadays evolving and dynamic globalization, many countries have found benefits from the existence development of partnership, either bilateral or multilateral, to achieve the great potential of collaborations (Bernal, 2022;Huwaidin, 2022;Lai, Holland, & Kelly, 2019).…”

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Scientometric Study: Trends and Patterns in Global Partnership Research

Naomi

Akbar

2022

JMP

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This paper aims to understand the emerging pattern of significance and correlation of the partnership research topics covering all countries. Our study used the scientometric method to reveal the trends and patterns in partnership research. The database was sourced from the scientific literature databases of the Web of Science (WoS). The study recorded 53,800 scientific papers on the partnership in general between 2000 to 2017. GDP and HDI were used to analyze the raison-d’être of the research on partnerships at the macro level. We examined the top 20 countries with the highest GDP, Research Productivity Indicator (RPI), and HDI. A country with a lower Human Development Index (HDI) and higher RPI tends to think that partnerships are essential in supporting national socio-economic development. This study showed that the resource-based view (RBV) theory was discussed more than the stakeholder theory among the two main partnership theories. Observing the motivation to develop partnerships, innovation-seeking was discussed the most in scientific productions. Innovation is used to enhance financial performance and leverage competitive advantage.

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“…In the context of the Sino–American rivalry, the UAE would prefer not to choose between its traditional partner, the US, and its growing ties with China. Some have argued that the UAE is hedging against what it views and as unreliable security relationship with the US by expanding its relationship with China (Alterman, 2022; Bin Huwaidin, 2022). For its part, the UAE views itself a hub connecting East and West in the global economy.…”

Section: Lesson 2: Choosing Not To Choose: Unsustainablementioning

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Sino–Americanrelations and the ‘new cold war’: A useful analogy for the Middle East?

Friedman

Sela

2022

Global Policy

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This article examines the value of the 'Cold War' analogy -which has become a commonly used shorthand to describe the Sino-American rivalry -for understanding the effects of the current great power competition in the Middle East.Instead of thinking in terms of the zero-sum logic of the Cold War, we are using the Cold War history in the Middle East as a heuristic device to sharpen our understanding of today's dilemmas. In other words, we are arguing for the benefits of thinking with the analogy rather than adopting it as a kind of conceptual framework for decision-making. Thinking with the analogy can help us identify how and why the Sino-American rivalry is shaping the Middle East's political and security context. After examining the merits of the analogy, we propose three 'lessons' from the Cold War history that can help us comprehend the potential effects of the Middle East on the Sino-American rivalry: Middle East actors can intensify the great power rivalry; Middle East conflicts may force reluctant regional actors to choose a side in the great power rivalry; and, lastly, Middle East energy resources flow in line with the producers' interests, not just the great powers' interests.

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China’s strategic partnership with the UAE: Foundation and prospects

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South Africa-Nordic Relations

South Africa-Nordic Relations

Scientometric Study: Trends and Patterns in Global Partnership Research

Sino–Americanrelations and the ‘new cold war’: A useful analogy for the Middle East?

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