US-China Strategic Competition [recurso electrónico] : Towards a New Power Equilibrium

This book examines the nature and consequences of strategic competition between the US and China, which affects the global security landscape and the emerging security architecture across the broader Asia-Pacific region. The author illustrates the evolution of Sino-US security interactions from the anti-Soviet alliance, to temporary marginalization, to eventual strategic competition and examines cases that could potentially escalate into greater conflicts. The analysis offers tantalizing glimpses into both the dangers and promising opportunities presented by this strategic fork in the road, making it of great interest to researchers and scholars in the fields of international relations and security studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv From Tacit Allies to Strategic Competitors: Post-Cold War Transformation of Sino-US Dynamics....Pages 1-34 Systemic Transitional Fluidity....Pages 35-70 The Asian Pivot and a New Bipolarity....Pages 71-105 Maritime Disputes: Regional Hotspots or Systemic Flashpoints?....Pages 107-146 Strategic Competition in a Globalised World....Pages 147-187 Accommodation or Annihilation?....Pages 189-217 Back Matter....Pages 219-230