Primacy or World Order? The United States and China's Rise—A Review Essay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11638157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuen Foong Khong (0000-0001-5021-5972, Yuen Foong Khong is Professor of International Relations, and Professorial Fellow, at Nuffield College, Oxford University., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 153-175 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2889 • E-ISSN: 1531-4804 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/isec_a_00147 |
| OpenAlex | W2027173925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 19 |
How should the United States respond to China's rise? What are China's longterm strategic goals? What are the implications of U.S.-China strategic interactions for world order? Three recent works—Aaron Friedberg's A Contest for Supremacy, Hugh White's The China Choice, and Yan Xuetong's Ancient Chinese Political Thought, Modern Chinese Power—grapple with these questions in authoritative and revealing ways. This review essay examines the answers provided by these authors, with the aim of clarifying the different underlying assumptions that led them to their conclusions. Four themes are found to be especially pertinent. These are the assumptions the authors hold about the existing distribution of power, China's strategic objectives, the role of economic interdependence in Asia, and the relationship between democracy and political legitimacy. The way the authors parse these themes—which ones they bracket or admit into their analysis, and how they weigh and combine them—helps to reveal the underlying bases of their and, by implication, our policy preferences. The essay concludes by suggesting that contrary to the view of some, time has something to offer both sides. And if those opportunities are properly understood by the United States and China, the prospects for peaceful competition and coevolution improve
China · Competition (biology · CONTEST · Democracy · Economics · Legitimacy · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
Seeing China's Belt and Road
Die internationale Ordnung
Contesting Revisionism
Bewildered and Befuddled
How New and Assertive Is China's New Assertiveness
The Pivot before the Pivot
United States Leadership in East Asia and China’s State-by-state Approach to Regional Security
After Abdication
Covid-19 and Chinese Global Health Diplomacy
Continuity through Change
Building Bridges or Breaking Bonds? The Belt and Road Initiative and Foreign Aid Competition
Sovereignty regimes in the South China Sea
Hedging between the United States and China? South Korea’s ideology-driven behavior and its implications for national security
After Failure
The reputational consequences of polarization for American foreign policy
Between punishment and denial
Examining the immanent dilemma of small states in the Asia-Pacific
A U.S.-China Grand Bargain? The Hard Choice between Military Competition and Accommodation
Embedded Revisionism
Avoiding Being a Crushed Prawn and Becoming a Dolphin Swimming between the Two Fighting Whales? South Korea's Strategic Choice in the Face of the Intensifying Sino-US Competition
Bound to lead
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict
Crafting Cooperation
War and Change in World Politics
World Out of Balance
The Rise of China and its Power Status
The Gathering Storm
American and Chinese Power after the Financial Crisis
How New and Assertive Is China's New Assertiveness
A U.S.-China Grand Bargain? The Hard Choice between Military Competition and Accommodation
Solving the “Wicked Problems” of Maritime Security
China’s Strategy in the South China Sea
The Essence of Hedging
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea
Conflict and Diplomacy in the South China Sea
Taming American Power
The Effects of Strategic and Economic Interdependence on International Conflict Across Levels of Analysis
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |