Asia constitutes the hub of the transformation of global economic power today. The Gulf, itself part of Asia, is of increasing importance in this transformation. This book documents the growing interactions between the economies of the Gulf states and those of the rest of Asia. These relationships are critical to how the world economy develops over the next decade, and how economic (and perhaps strategic) power is distributed. This volume assembles cutting-edge thinking by 16 specialists on a wide variety of topics covering Arab Gulf relations with China, Japan, ASEAN, Korea and India, as well as with Russia, Iran and Turkey.

Asia constitutes the hub of the transformation of global economic power today. The Gulf, itself part of Asia, is of increasing importance in this transformation. This book documents the growing interactions between the economies of the Gulf states and those of the rest of Asia. These relationships are critical to how the world economy develops over the next decade, and how economic (and perhaps strategic) power is distributed. This volume assembles cutting-edge thinking by 16 specialists on a wide variety of topics covering Arab Gulf relations with China, Japan, ASEAN, Korea and India, as well as with Russia, Iran and Turkey.

1. Gulf-Asia Economic Relations, Pan-Gulf and Pan-Asia PerspectivesTim Niblock 2. The Growing Roles of Asian Powers in the Gulf: A Saudi PerspectiveNaser al-Tamimi 3. Iran's Ties with AsiaSara Bazoobandi 4. Turkey and the Gulf: An Evolving Economic PartnershipOzlem Tur 5. Russia and the Gulf: the Main Principles of the Political and Economic DialogueNikolay Kozhanov 6. Situating the Gulf in India's Engagement with Emerging AsiaGirijesh Pant 7. India and the Emerging Gulf: Between "Strategic Balancing" and "Soft Power" OptionsK. M. Seethi 8. The Economic Relations Between China and the GCC Countries since 2008Chen Mo 9. China and Iran: Special Economic PartnersHuang Minxing and Ji Kaiyun 10. Mobilizing Muslim Minority, Targeting Arab Trade: China's Ningxia as the Islamic Hub for China-Arab ConnectionsHo Wai-Yip 11. China and the Gulf: The Social and Cultural Implications of Their Rapidly Developing Economic TiesJacqueline Armijo 12. Beyond Food for Fuel: the Little Red Dot in GCC-ASEAN RelationsSofiah Jamil 13. What Determines Malaysia's Interest in the GCC?Mohamed Fauzi Abu-Hussin and Mohamed Afandi Salleh 14. Small is Beautiful: South Korean-Gulf Relations as an Example of Strategic Engagement by Players in Different ArenasJoachim Kolb 15. Japan's Engagement in the GulfYukiko Miyagi in collaboration with Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Akiko Yoshioka and Koji Horinuki 16. Japan and the Gulf: Balancing the Business Relationship Yoshio Minagi