Dr. Buthaina Zawahreh

Senior Fellow

She is a Senior Fellow and Assistant Coordinator of the China Study Circle at the Asia Middle East Center for Research and Dialogue (AMEC) based in Malaysia.

Buthaina Zawahrah is a researcher who completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Jordan, and she is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Malaya.

Previously, she worked as a lecturer at one of China’s most prestigious universities. Throughout her career, she has actively participated in academic conferences, seminars, and workshops, and has authored several publications. Her areas of expertise include Chinese politics, Chinese-Arab relations and China-Middle East relations. Her research interests encompass conflict resolution, foreign policy analysis, great power rivalry, power transition, and peacebuilding efforts.