Analysing the Role of the Belt and Road Initiative in Promoting Peace and Stability in the Middle East - A Moral Realism Perspective

Abstract: Against the backdrop of major changes in the international political and economic order and the further escalation of tensions in the Middle East, this study focuses on the foreign strategy of China (the "Belt and Road" initiative) and then analyzes how BRI cooperation effectively promotes Durable peace and stability in the Middle East based on moral realism analysis. At present, the global security situation is intricate and complicated, and global and regional security issues continuously increase. As an important part of the global security system, the Middle East has endless security and development issues, especially the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has further increased the security risks in the Middle East. BRI is China's solution as a rising power to strengthen world peace, cooperation and common development. Abiding to the golden rules of consultation, contribution and shared benefits, BRI has opened up a new cooperation path for the Middle East that truly adheres to peace, prosperity, civilization, green, openness and innovative development, thereby promoting the achievement of peace, stability and security development in the Middle East. This article adopts a model that combines theory and practice, starting from moral realism, to analyze the Chinese government's understanding of the world and the policies it has adopted in the Middle East; and taking the BRI as a construction path, to explore possible paths for peaceful and stable development in the Middle East.