Russia-China Cooperation in the Middle East: Strategic Alliances and Economic Influence in a Multipolar World

Abstract

This paper examines Russia–China relations in the Middle East as the countries strengthen their bilateral and multilateral economic and strategic ties and their consequences within a global, multipolar economy. The subject of the study revolves around the bilateral trade, investments and political entente and-Co are evaluated in order to establish how they transform the dynamics of the region. A quantitative research type is used with descriptive statistics, correlation and regression tests, and factor analysis of trade and infrastructure investments/strategic partnerships from 2010 to 2025. Sources such as government reports, trade databases and policies books and articles were used in the study while data analysis was done using SPSS (28) Stata (17). The results show that Russia – China cooperation increases in economical field where Chinese trade has risen to fourfold and investment by Russia has also enhanced. The analysis of correlation proves that economic agreements positively correlate with investment inflows while regression positive dictation proves that cooperation boosts the GDP of Middle Eastern countries. This paper also captures the geopolitical and economic factor as the rationale for this partnership, and the prospects of its consequences of this partnership on the current structures of power politically and economically in the international relations at large.