Jonathan Fulton is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is a nonresident senior fellow for Atlantic Council's Middle East Programs and the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. An expert on Chinese policy toward the Middle East, Fulton has written widely on the topic for both academic and popular publications. He is the author of Building the Belt and Road Initiative in the Arab World (Routledge, 2025), China's Relations with the Gulf Monarchies (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies (Routledge, 2018).
