On Dec. 16^th, Assistant Prof. Gholamali Chegnizadeh from the Department of International Relations of Iran Allameh Tabataba'i University visited SIIS, delivered a lecture on “Belt & Road” Initiative and China’s policies to Middle East, and exchanged views with research fellows of SIIS. Prof. Ye Qing, Director of the Center for West Asian & African Studies chaired the discussion.