Thank you also to the folks from cspan who are watching and the folks that are streaming this live over the Atlantic Councils website. My name is william wechsler. I read the Atlantic Councils work in the middle east. Im the director for the center that is your host this afternoon. This question was a question that would not really have been asked only a decade ago. China does not have deep historical ties in the region. China has its economic connections were modest not that long ago. But now its a question that many people in the region are asking more and more. Many people in the u. S. Economic, diplomatic, intelligence and military apparatus are asking more and more. Many people in china are asking more and more about how they approach this region as part of their wider belt and Road Initiative, as part of their wider diplomatic initiatives, as part of their need for Energy Resources. What we see right now is the economic relationship between china and the middle east is deep and d
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Heather victor is an associate professor of the university as well as by two of the contributors, a senior fellow at the sir arthur lewis social economic studies the university of the west indies. And the professor of contemporary history at the university. And finally, last but not least for joined by my colleagues who is here. But we are going to do today is talk about the book in general. About the specific chapters and touched on some other issues related to the content of soccer diplomacy. If you have any questions please submit them you can do that via email detail are on the events page. With that, welcome to our esteemed panelists going to start with a few questions for heather. Heather, youre the the editor of the vine could you explain what is the idea behind the edited volume . What are the topics you try to cover . What is the mission of the project . Spin it thank you so much to have us here to talk about soccer diplomacy. I have a lot of different scholars who work on soc