Sino-US Strategic Dilemma–From the Perspective of Power Transition in Asia-Pacific and Middle East

Abstract

Abstract: The order in international system is defined as “a pattern or activity that sustains the elementary or primary goals of the society of states”. The objective including the maintenance of the international system and national survival of society itself is to safeguard national independence and sovereignty. The nature and practice of international hierarchy helps explain patterns of the international order after the Cold War and understand its transition, especially the role of China’s rise in international politics. The Asia-Pacific region has showed a stable political order generally, but events in the region still may lead to uncertainties of military conflict, such as the North Korean nuclear issue, the Taiwan issue, terrorist attacks in the Middle East and Central Asia and so on. China’s rise will inevitably have an impact on US hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. But China and the United States can work together to build an effective mechanism to address the challenges from regional security issues, to set up the sustainability of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East security decisions. This paper analyzes the concept of Sino-US Asia-Pacific and the Middle East strategic alternatives from maintaining the status quo; transition from the status quo must go through negotiation and dialogue to the transition of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East power structure.