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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20106</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-3-595-611</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">CHINA IN THE STRUGGLE FOR RESOURCES IN AFRICA AND ARAB WORLD</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>КИТАЙ В БОРЬБЕ ЗА РЕСУРСЫ В АФРИКЕ И АРАБСКОМ МИРЕ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Deych</surname><given-names>Tatiana Lazarevna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дейч</surname><given-names>Татьяна Лазаревна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Sciences (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор исторических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Центра российско-африканских отношений Института Африки РАН</p></bio><email>tdeich@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute for African Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт Африки Российской Академии наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Prospects for South—South Cooperation. 	  40th Anniversary of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Перспективы сотрудничества Юг—Юг.  К 40-летию Буэнос-Айресского плана действий</issue-title><fpage>595</fpage><lpage>611</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-12-07"><day>07</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Deych T.L.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Дейч Т.Л.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Deych T.L.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Дейч Т.Л.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20106">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20106</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is dedicated to the struggle for resources in Africa and Arab East, and especially the China’s role in this struggle. Announced by the Beijing in 2002, the course of “going abroad” was marked by the economic expansion of Chinese companies in Africa and Arab countries, largely due to the interest in raw materials, primarily in oil. At the same time, the African and Arab countries are among the foreign policy strategic priorities of the leading Western powers, whose activity in this region has also increased. As shown in the article, the competition for access to natural resources contributed to the emergence of conflicts in the region. The methodological basis of the study is a comparative political approach, methods of analysis and synthesis. The scientific novelty of the paper is that, although the problem of the struggle for resources in Africa and in Arab world is reflected in publications in our country and abroad, the peculiarities of China’s position in this matter have not been yet the object of serious research. The analysis of the topic is relevant in the conditions when Western countries attempt to regulate crises by force, often bypassing the Security Council and the UN Charter. Some analysts view the USA and NATO actions in Libya and the French campaign 2012 in Mali in the light of West desire to displace China from Africa. They also connect crisis in Syria and Iraq with US actions. As the paper shows, Beijing remains committed to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs of other states and stands for political solution of conflicts. But at the same time, it pays an increasing attention to strengthening its military presence in Africa and Arab countries. The author comes to the conclusion that the realization of the initiative “One belt - One road” increases China’s needs in resources for the implementation of ambitious projects in the space of the “belt and road”. The Western countries will resist, so the struggle for resources will not weaken.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Статья посвящена проблеме борьбы за ресурсы в Африке и арабском мире и роли, которую играет в этой борьбе Китай. Выход КНР «за рубеж» в 2002 г. ознаменовался экономической экспансией китайских компаний в Африку и арабские страны, во многом обусловленной потребностями экономики Поднебесной в сырьевых ресурсах, прежде всего, в нефти. Вместе с тем активность ведущих западных держав в африканском и арабском регионах также возросла. Как показано в статье, конкурентная борьба за доступ к природным ресурсам способствовала возникновению конфликтных и кризисных ситуаций на африканском континенте и в арабских странах. Научная новизна работы состоит в том, что, хотя проблема борьбы за ресурсы в Африке и арабском мире находит отражение в публикациях в нашей стране и за рубежом, позиция Китая в этом вопросе пока не стала объектом серьезного внимания. Тема представляется весьма актуальной в условиях, когда Запад предпринимает попытки оказывать силовое воздействие на кризисы, зачастую в обход СБ и Устава ООН. Аналитики связывают действия США и НАТО в Ливии в 2011 г. и французскую кампанию 2012 г. в Мали, а также кризисы в Ираке и Сирии со стремлением стран Запада вытеснить Китай из Африки и арабского региона. Автор приходит к выводу, что реализация инициативы «Один пояс - один путь» увеличивает потребности Китая в ресурсах, необходимых для осуществления проектов на пространстве «пояса и пути», чему будут противодействовать страны Запада, а значит, борьба за ресурсы не ослабнет.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>Libya</kwd><kwd>Syria</kwd><kwd>Iraq</kwd><kwd>USA</kwd><kwd>oil</kwd><kwd>resources</kwd><kwd>conflicts</kwd><kwd>crisis</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>Ливия</kwd><kwd>Сирия</kwd><kwd>Ирак</kwd><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>нефть</kwd><kwd>ресурсы</kwd><kwd>конфликты</kwd><kwd>кризисы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><award-id></award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Deych, T.L. (2017). China as a Member of IGAD Plus and the Problems of South Sudan. 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