Preface Extra-Regional Powers and the Middle East Governance: Need for a Non-Military and Multilateral Approach Based on Consensus Prithvi Ram Mudiam China's Rising Role in the Changing Middle East since 2011 PAN Guang U.S.-Iranian Relationship under the Nuclear Issue JIANG Zhen & ZHOU Yuhuan What It's for: Putin's High-Risk Strategy on Syria YANG Hui The Middle East: A Knot That Can't Be Ignored in India's Look East Policy and Look Middle East Policy HONG Tao China's Arab Policy Paper: New Era for China-Arab Relation Gafar Karar Ahmed Economic Cooperation and the Transition of China's Middle East Policy in the New Millennium WANG Zhen Theory and Practice of China's Participation in the Middle East Economic Governance ZOU Zhiqiang Cooperation in Productive Capacity between China and the Middle East: Infrastructure Construction as the Case WEI Min PLO's Interaction with Outside Players on the Palestine Issue SHU Meng Energy Cooperation Mechanism Construction between China and Arab Oil-Producing Countries WANG Liying Bringing in the Unheard into the Sphere of Political Voices: Considering Alternative Histories in International Relations Theory in West Asian Context Rimon Bhuyan Gogoi Contributors