U.S.-China Rivalry as a Ground for Transformation of Global Security Structures

Abstract

Relations between the United States of America and China are marked by cooperation and rivalry in terms of the qualitative change of security structures in the global dimension in the 21st century, which translates into political, social and, above all, economic issues, to which the logic of conflict between Washington and Beijing is closely related. China is a global economic superpower and is able to economically challenge the U.S., which has political consequences in terms of a possible change of leadership in the international context, towards a relative weakening of the U.S. position and a significant strengthening of the status of China, which is guided by the philosophy of Confucianism and the concept of the “long march” for dominance in the modern world, which – as economic determinants show – is very successful, given the phenomenon of its expansion in Asia, Africa and South America. The main intention and purpose of this paper are to present the complex topic of security structures in the global dimension, indicating the wide range of multifaceted U.S.-Chinese rivalry, attempting to diagnose the international situation and the formation of a specific new dimension of security since the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries (until 2019), determining the economy, politics and society.