<b>“一带一路”背景下中国与中东国家地缘经济关系的时空演化及影响因素分析</b>.xlsx

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) marks its tenth anniversary in 2023. Studying the spatiotemporal evolution of geo-economic relations between China and Middle Eastern countries can help deepen cooperation and address challenges. This paper uses the gravity model to measure geo-economic relations between China and Middle Eastern countries from 2010 to 2020, analyzing the main influencing factors with geographically and temporally weighted regression. The results show that: (1) From 2010 to 2020, the geo-economics relations between China and Middle Eastern countries exhibit a fluctuating upward trend. There are three types of fluctuations in the geo-economic relations curve: low stationary, rising, and declining. (2) Spatially, China's geo-economic relations with Middle Eastern countries strengthened overall from 2010 to 2020, displaying a regional pattern of "high in the east and low in the west." The "core" gradually moved north and was mostly located along the Persian Gulf coast. (3) National economic strength and market conditions are the primary influencing factors in geo-economic relations. Geopolitics plays a significant role in these relations. Resource endowment significantly promotes geo-economic relations, while militarization index, trade openness, and geo-culture play weaker roles and are uncertain factors in geo-economic cooperation.