The Fundamental and Applied Studies of the Islamic World

inter-regionalism; China's economic cooperation model and regional order in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (2004-2024)

Authors

Ashkan Golafshan 1
Mostafa Barzekar 2
Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi 3

1 PhD in Regional Studies, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

2 PhD in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Shahid Mahallati University of Islamic Sciences, Qom, Iran

10.22034/fasiw.2026.245544
Abstract
The People's Republic of China is known as a country whose status in the international system has been continuously improved and has entered into competition with other powers of the international system. China's continuous economic growth has caused a change in the economic agenda of the government in creating an approach to development and consolidation of power in the structures of international political economy, especially in the sensitive region of West Asia. this research tries to address the basic question of what effect China's economic policies towards the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council have had on the relations of the council members. The research hypothesis is designed with a qualitative method and an explanatory approach in such a way that the inter-regional relations between China and the members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council have led to the formation of a network of relations between the members of the Council, which has strengthened the level of cooperation, competition and interdependence between the members. Therefore, in this research, an attempt is made to investigate the influence of the field of inter-regionalism on the indicators of cooperation and competition in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.

Keywords

inter-regionalism
People's Republic of China
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
economic policy
strategic partnership

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