Indo-Pacific and the Strategic Arena of Beijing-Washington Confrontation in Post-Cold War Epoch (2019-2010)

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Article 5, Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 16, June 2020, Pages 113-138   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/ijip.v8i2.84709

Authors

rashid recabian^{* 1}; mehrdad ale pour²

¹Ayatollah Boroujerdi University (responsible author)

²Master of International Relations, Guilan University

Abstract

International relations have experienced significant controversial debates over the profound transformations that have emerged in the structure of the international system in the post-cold war era. China's endeavor to challenge US hegemony in the Indo - Pacific region, which is referred to as the "New Great Game" signifies this trend. China uses a balancing approach to limit the effects of US adopted strategies, which includes "dissemination", "expansion" and "intervention". By influencing the dynamics of the international power cycle and creating one-multi-power system, China is looking to increase its share of global power. This paper investigates the foundation of China’s strategies to the United States policies at the Indo - Pacific region. The findings of the article reveals that, influenced by the geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic conditions of the region, and in the light of its new relations and interactions in the Indo - Pacific strategic platform, as well as in response to the challenge of the United States, China has implemented a balanced approach between 2010 and 2018 at the domestic and foreign levels. The main goals of this approach is to provide a multi-polar system.

Keywords

China; The United States; Indo - Pacific; Strategic approach; Balance of power

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