Abstract
U.S. policymakers are closely assessing the rise of China at all levels.
Both popular and academic discourse in the United States is
increasingly focused on the future of U.S.-China relations, with the
latter’s emergence as a world power threatening the former’s
hegemony. Since 2001 American foreign policy objectives have
included an overt balancing strategy against China. As revealed in
the 2002 National Security Strategy, the U.S. saw India as a
global partner which could “help maintain a stable balance in
Asia.” The following paper assesses the rise of China. It then reviews
the Bush administration’s early response to the “threat” of rising
Chinese power. Further, the paper discusses how Washington has
consolidated its friendship with India through the Missile Defence
Initiative and the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Finally the paper
analyses the possible effects of the Bush administration’s “realist”
policies in shaping the emerging global power system.
Shehzad H. Qazi. (2009) United States’ Attempt To Balance The Rise Of China In Asia, IPRI Journal, Volume-09, Issue-2.
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