At the China-Arab Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in December 2022, China and the Gulf States formed a new strategic partnership based on President Xi Jinping's vision of win-win cooperation and a community with a shared future. These summits, attended by 10...

In December 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia announced a defensive nuclear agreement called AUKUS. Recently, they shared a joint plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. This initiative is intended to counteract China's increasing dominance in the Indo-Pacific...