Contest for Dominance: US–China Rivalry in Asia

Mintu Barua
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Mintu Barua: Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations, Kolkata, India.

China Report, 2020, vol. 56, issue 4, 484-500

Abstract: There is an ongoing debate whether China is a satisfied power or a dissatisfied revisionist power. On the basis of the concept of regime insecurity and power transition theory, this article argues that the resolution of this debate mainly depends on some essentially interrelated complex factors—China’s assertive behaviour, China’s core interests, China’s internal security, and China’s involvement in territorial disputes. Moreover, this article examines the validity of the usual claim of power transition theory that the dominant power is always satisfied with the status quo, and contrary to this idea of power transition theory, this article suggests that the dominant power can be dissatisfied and revisionist too if its hegemony is under threat.

Keywords: Rebalancing strategy; assertive China; China’s core interests; power transition theory; regime insecurity; China’s territorial disputes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0009445520963415

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