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Dr. Jacopo Scita is a Policy Fellow at the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, a think tank focused on economic diplomacy, economic development, and economic justice in the Middle East and Central Asia. In his role, Jacopo focuses on China’s relations with the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia, especially Iran. Jacopo’s research traces the security, economic, and social dynamics generated by China’s growing presence in the region. He obtained his doctorate in October 2022 at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, where he was an Al-Sabah doctoral fellow. His thesis is titled Role Theory and China’s Relations with Iran: All-Weather Friends on Beijing’s Terms, which can be accessed here.
He can be reached at: jacopo.scita [at] gmail.com
Selected Publications:
Analytical Articles
Jacopo Scita, ‘The JCPOA is in Peril, Yet Remains China’s Best Security Option in the Gulf,’ RUSI, 31 May 2022. https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/jcpoa-peril-yet-remains-chinas-best-security-option-gulf
Jacopo Scita, ‘China is the real barometer of the state of Iran nuclear talks in Vienna,’ Atlantic Council, 8 December 2021. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/china-is-the-real-barometer-of-the-state-of-iran-nuclear-talks-in-vienna/
Julia Gurol and Jacopo Scita, ‘China’s Persian Gulf strategy: Keep Tehran and Riyadh content,’ Atlantic Council, 24 January 2020. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/chinas-persian-gulf-strategy-keep-tehran-and-riyadh-content/
Jacopo Scita, ‘No, China Isn’t Giving Iran $400 Billion,’ Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, 20 September 2019. https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/articles/2019/9/20/no-china-isnt-giving-iran-400-billion
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Jacopo Scita (2022) China-Iran Relations Through the Prism of Sanctions, Asian Affairs, 53:1, 87-105, DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2022.2029060
Jacopo Scita (2021) China–Iran relations: A low-quality comprehensive strategic partnership, in Jonathan Fulton (ed.) Routledge Handbook on China-Middle East Relations (Routledge). ISBN 9780367472702
