The Stimson Center published on 12 February 2024 an analysis titled "China Sees an Opportunity in Red Sea Crisis with the Houthis" by Emil Avdaliani, European University in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The author argues that China sees some benefit in the Red Sea shipping crisis because it raises Beijing's profile as an external power and serves to distract Washington from the Indo-Pacific region. China believes events like this will contribute to a gradual decline of the American-led global order.
