In the Department of geography and geographic information systems at the College of Arts at the University of Basrah a PhD thesis (Geopolitical analysis of Chinese soft power policy towards the Arab countries in North Africa) was discussed.
The thesis presented by the student Ali Sami Hamad included five chapters. The first chapter discussed the theoretical and conceptual framework, the second chapter discussed the geographical factors affecting the Chinese orientation towards the Arab countries in North Africa, the third chapter dealt with Chinese relations with North African countries, the fourth chapter discussed the tools of Chinese soft powers and their determinants in the North African Arab countries, and the fifth chapter touched on the geopolitical future of China's soft power policy toward Arab countries.
The thesis aims to identify:
1- China is a real and strategic alternative to the North African region from the traditional partners and an opportunity for North African countries to maximize the development opportunities provided by China through its model that enables the building of mutual relations on the logic of mutual profit.
2- Identifying China's geopolitical motives toward the Arab countries in North Africa.
3- Learn about the most important tools of Chinese soft power towards the Arab countries in North Africa.
4- Identifying the determinants that stand in the way of Chinese soft powers toward the Arab countries in North Africa.
The thesis concluded...
1- China is a real and strategic alternative to the North African region from the traditional partners and an opportunity for North African countries to maximize the development opportunities provided by China through its model that enables the building of mutual relations on the logic of mutual profit.
2- In its foreign policy and in its rise, China adopts the theory of soft power, which is evident from its reliance on its refusal to interfere in the internal affairs of the Arab countries in North Africa and to provide loans and services without imposing political conditions or economic reforms, which increases the countries' respect for them.
