The Military Rise of China and the Challenges before American Hegemony
Subject Areas :Mohammad Ali Basiri 1 , Syed Hesamolldin Moosavi 2 , Mohammad Ali rayatei neshad 3
1 - استادیار و عضو هیئت علمی گروه علوم سیاسی دانشگاه اصفهان
2 - کارشناسی ارشد روابط بین الملل دانشگاه اصفهان
3 - کارشناسی ارشد روابط بین الملل دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا
Keywords: China, America, power cycle, military modernization, containment strategy, participation strategy,
Abstract :
The military rise of China is one of the important events of modern history. It is for more than two decades that China by taking up rational policies in domestic and international arena has achieved tremendous progress. These accomplishments along with vast potential of this country has changed it into a great and influencing power and one of the candidates of superpower position in the twenty first century. Since the United States considers itself as the only superpower of the modern world, the rise of China is a challenge to its hegemony. This challenge points out the necessity of responding to it. The present article while evaluates the Chinese military progress, its impact and consequences raises this question that what should be the United States policy for facing the rising military power of China? The paper also evaluates the hypothesis that the military development and growth of China is the indication and its tendency for world hegemony and becoming a superpower in international arena. Thus with the rise of China and its establishment as a world power in new world order in thecoming decade, major contradiction will increasingly emerge between the United States and China. This conflict of interests, besides ideological difference, will lead to the strategic interest rivalry in Asia-Pacific and even in the whole world. Since these developments do not conform to the long range policies of the United States it will pursue a two pronged strategy of containment and participation to face this security dilemma.
