Document Type
Original Study
Abstract
8China's rise as a major power in the region and the world has challenged the hegemonic power of the United States. In the current context, from the US perspective, cooperation with China is essential for economic and security benefits. In the field of global security, the United States has always considered that China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and a nuclear state, and that the US-China conflict in the South China Sea could pose a major threat to those countries. The South China Sea conflict is currently on the rise. In recent years, the region has become one of the most volatile in East Asia. China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan each claim sovereignty over overlapping parts of the sea. This issue has caused diplomatic tension between the claimed countries. In this article, we seek to answer the question of how the escalation of the conflict in the South China Sea has affected Sino-US relations. The hypothesis given in response to this question is that the escalation of the conflict in the South China Sea has led to a full US military presence in the region and the establishment of relations with the Philippines and Vietnam has increased tensions in US-China relations.
Recommended Citation
Gatea, Doaa Fadhil
(2021)
"Examining Sino-US relations with emphasis on the South China
Sea,"
Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University Journal of Legal Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 14.
Available at:
https://ijsu.researchcommons.org/ijsu/vol1/iss1/14