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Are the US and the EU being outflanked by China in the Middle East?

By Nicolas Michelon on 30 September 2025

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sarwar Kashmeri on his podcast Polaris Live to answer this and other questions:

📍 What is the significance of the latest Saudi Arabia / Pakistan security agreement?
📍 Is the Renminbi now a strong alternative option for the Middle East?
📍 Have events in Gaza and Israel’s bombing of Qatar damaged US trade and political prospects in the region?

“Not necessarily a better friend. But a less complicated friend” – Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister, comparing China to the US.

Read the executive summary here.

Watch the podcast here:

Picture credits: Polaris Live

Published in Interviews and Video / audio

Nicolas Michelon
Nicolas Michelon

Nicolas is a corporate geoeconomics and strategic & business intelligence expert with 25 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific, and more recently in the Gulf and Türkiye. A Managing Partner at Alagan Partners, he advises corporate executives on how to navigate the current geopolitical and geoeconomic environment, mitigate risk and develop prospective scenarios. He is also an Adjunct Professor & Guest Lecturer in geopolitics, geoeconomics and business intelligence at ESCP Business School (France), Galatasaray University (Türkiye), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Morocco), and Ecole de Guerre Economique (Paris School of Economic Warfare).

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