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Future of US-China Relations: Conflict, Competition or Cooperation?

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  • Syed Muhammad Saad Zaidi
  • Adam Saud

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In contemporary times, the geo-political agenda and geo-economic strategy of the world is being dominated by the ongoing US-China hegemonic competition. Where the United States is trying to prolong the ‘unipolar moment’ and deter the rise of China; China is trying to establish itself as the hegemon in the Eastern hemisphere, an alternate to the US. The entirely opposite interests of the two Great Powers have initiated a hostile confrontational competition for domination. This paper seeks to determine the future nature of the US-China relations; will history repeat itself and a bloody war be fought to determine the leader of the pack? or another prolonged Cold War will be fought, which will end when one side significantly weakens and collapses? Both dominant paradigms of International Relations, Realism and Liberalism, are used to analyze the future nature of the US-China relations.

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  • Syed Muhammad Saad Zaidi & Adam Saud, 2020. "Future of US-China Relations: Conflict, Competition or Cooperation?," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 16(7), pages 1-1, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:assjnl:v:16:y:2020:i:7:p:1
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