The American Tributary System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12907161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuen Foong Khong (0000-0001-5021-5972, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-47 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjip/pot002 |
| OpenAlex | W2138523825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
This article employs the idea of the tributary system—most often associated with China's international relations from antiquity—to interpret how America relates to the rest of the world. I argue that the United States has instituted the most successful tributary system the world has ever seen. As the hub or epicenter of the most extensive network of formal and informal alliances ever built, the United States offers its allies and partners—or tributaries—military protection as well as economic access to its markets. In return for all its exertions, the tribute America seeks is straightforward: first, that it be recognized as the power or hegemon, and second, that others emulate its political forms and ideas. With both tributes in hand, the United States finds equanimity; it and the world are safe, at least from the United States' point of view
Cartography · China · Geography · Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Tributary · Tribute · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Law
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| Citations per year | 2.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |