IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/sagope/v11y2021i3p21582440211031216.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Hegemony’s Contest in the South China Sea

Author

Listed:
  • Victor Alexandre G. Teixeira

Abstract

Constantly analyzed in scientific, theoretical, and empirical studies, the “ Asian Mediterranean †region has received renewed attention as a consequence of the rise of China. China’s emergence combines its strong economic dynamic with increased confidence, positioning it as a potential regional hegemony. On that conceptual basis, this study aims to answer whether a power transition has already occurred in the South China Sea and how the process of a regional hegemonic transition took place. Through an examination of the instruments used by the United States and China to exercise power, articulated with the power transition theory, it establishes that a transition in the South China Sea dispute could have already occurred. However, the study disclaims that Beijing’s evolution and sudden change of behavior aim to overthrow the U.S. global leadership but rather intends to reclaim its position of regional hegemony.

Suggested Citation

  • Victor Alexandre G. Teixeira, 2021. "The Hegemony’s Contest in the South China Sea," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:3:p:21582440211031216
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440211031216
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440211031216
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/21582440211031216?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Woosang Kim & Scott Gates, 2015. "Power transition theory and the rise of China," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 18(3), pages 219-226, September.
    2. Leszek Buszynski, 2019. "The South China Sea: an arena for great power strategic rivalry," Chapters, in: Truong T. Tran & John B. Welfield & Thuy T. Le (ed.), Building a Normative Order in the South China Sea, chapter 4, pages 68-91, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. James Parisot, 2013. "American Power, East Asian Regionalism and Emerging Powers: or empire?," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(7), pages 1159-1174.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Changping Zhao & Mengru Liu & Yu Gong & Yingying Hou & Xuping Cao, 2022. "The Political Influence Pattern of the “Eurasia Central Region†Based on Syria and Ukraine Events," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, May.
    2. Khan, Haider, 2023. "War and Peace in East Asia: Avoiding Thucydides’s Trap with China as a Rising Power," MPRA Paper 117089, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Javier Vadell, 2019. "La iniciativa BRICS y China: entre la emergencia y la irrelevancia [A iniciativa BRICS e a China: entre a emergência e a irrelevância]," Nova Economia, Economics Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), vol. 29(2), pages 401-428, May-Augus.
    4. Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr, 2018. "Beyond Paradigms," International Studies, , vol. 55(3), pages 213-237, July.
    5. Bora Jeong & Hoon Lee, 2021. "US–China commercial rivalry, great war and middle powers," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 24(2), pages 135-148, June.
    6. Petar Kurecic & Binoy Kampmark, 2016. "A Multifarious, Multifaceted Approach to the Multipolar World: a Necessity," International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, Inovatus Services Ltd., vol. 2(8), pages 42-51, July.
    7. Sandra Lavenex & Omar Serrano & Tim Büthe, 2021. "Power transitions and the rise of the regulatory state: Global market governance in flux," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(3), pages 445-471, July.
    8. Carsten Rauch, 2017. "A tale of two power transitions: Capabilities, satisfaction, and the will to power in the relations between the United Kingdom, the United States, and Imperial Germany," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 20(3), pages 201-222, September.
    9. Charalampos Efstathopoulos, 2016. "Reformist Multipolarity and Global Trade Governance in an Era of Systemic Power Redistribution," Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Emerging Markets Forum, vol. 8(1), pages 3-21, January.
    10. Petar Kurecic & Binoy Kampmark, 2016. "A Multifarious, Multifaceted Approach to the Multipolar World: a Necessity," International Journal of Innovation and Economic Development, Inovatus Services Ltd., vol. 2(8), pages 42-51, July.
    11. Charis Vlados, 2020. "The Dynamics of the Current Global Restructuring and Contemporary Framework of the US–China Trade War," Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Emerging Markets Forum, vol. 12(1), pages 4-23, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:3:p:21582440211031216. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.