HomeJuly 2023China Trends #16 China’s Diplomatic Coup in the Middle East: the Facts behind the Hype Asia Middle East & Africa International affairsDownloadShareAuthors François Godement Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - U.S. and Asia François Godement is Institut Montaigne’s Special Advisor and Resident Senior Fellow - Asia and America. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., and an external consultant for the Policy Planning Staff of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Joseph Dellatte Resident Fellow - Climate, Energy and Environment Dr. Joseph Dellatte joined Institut Montaigne’s Asia Program in 2022 as Research Fellow for Climate, Energy, and Environment. He specializes in international climate policy and global climate governance, ETS linkage, and political barriers to carbon pricing development in the Northeast Asian region. Pierre Pinhas Project Officer - Asia Program Pierre Pinhas joined Institut Montaigne in February 2023 as a Project Officer within the Asia program. He is among others in charge of the quarterly publication China Trends, which seeks to understand China on the basis of Chinese sources. Michal Meidan Head of China Energy Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Dr. Michal Meidan is Head of China Energy Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Andrea Ghiselli Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University Andrea Ghiselli is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University. Download China Trends #16 (18 pages)