Monday 6 June 2016

US China Relations And How It Is Transforming/Impacting Foreign Policy Of US.




author Sabina Babar 
Mphil IR
 Quaid-e-Azam University Pakistan

      In the domain of foreign policy USA-china’s relations are very influential and impacts integral part of the decision making process in US.  Role of agency is important in this regard as opinions depict the political scenarios of the respective states; actors, parties, social and political issues etc. In this assignment articles have certain shared key points to define the common perspective in them. Those key points are china US ties in economic terms, acceptance of China by US public, specifically in term of ideological perspectives, and how US transformed its foreign policy and its foreign policy is in always a state of competition with china.   
  
China is in the unsettled condition and communist party is raising difficulties for US. The mantra of chines that is based on neo Maoist cocktails and opening up reform is conflicting with each other results in incomprehension. Formations of Chinese think tank in the white house to examine the policies and impact of Chinese clearly show the raising US concerns for china. China's rise is a challenge to America's embraced goals.  Schell further suggest that to avoid disastrous conflict, America should establish relation with China with mutual trust and respect.  The passive method for the United States to billet China’s rise, comprises a cautious combination of confrontation and cooperation.
 Both states improved the economic ties and are moving toward the cooperation road. But a part of all the cooperation between both states the point of contention is also increasing as both states have issues over the South China Sea claims by the china and both states blame each other on cybercrimes. Collaboration among China and the United States is mounting. Consensual monetary and trade bonds have excavated and endure to be commonly helpful. The China-U.S. sanctuary association is emerging. The important point of view is that the changing ties between both states and transformation of their policies as both states have basically incompatible political systems and antagonistic value arrangements.
it’s not the china rise that is posing the real diplomatic threat to US and its allies but it’s the soft power stance of china in its policies that is impacting US. As during the George bush time the focus on US strategies were to warfare against extremism but during Barack Obama times China had become much more persuasive.
US important comment in year 2016 by US President Barack Obama, who has always been rather discreet, said in a rather high-profile manner, "The United States of America is the most powerful nation. Period. It's not even close." When we look in the economic and domestic progress US has performed better in it in comparison to china.  Chinese media has reported US surveillances over china’s waters.   This issue of south china waters is bone of strife between both states policies. It is competition over overall national strength, and economic strength in particular and this is visible in policies of both states.
China and US both states are in condition of competition with each other. The concept of American exceptionalism is stranded in the Western thoughts that distinct political freedom. This concept should be a prototype for the world but it isn't common with China’s concepts of consolidation of Maoism and egalitarian.  The ideas of west world are based on Enlightenment and individual importance while the Chinese concepts are in contradiction as based on the Confucian ideal and centralized power positioned for the common good.
When we evaluate critically there is set pattern in foreign policy of US toward china that includes certain key agendas which are cyber threats, environmental exploitation, and integration. US followed specific pattern in its policies   and that specific pattern depend in the presidential tenure in US.  US china relationship needed to be analyzed on term of their presidential candidates and their impact on foreign policy making. As US wasn’t much concerned about china expansion during war on terrorism but during Obama tenure US policies engrossed china reformist growth on the regional bases and also on global level. This results in promotion of concept of US entrepreneurship in china and portrays china as less successful and chauvinistic in its concepts. When we analyze the economic development difference between both states yes US is sturdier but when we see the burden it’s the US facing more economic burden due to engagement in wars while on the other side China isn’t facing any problem by any economic outlook. The emerging china impact on the foreign policy of US as US always used the hard power stance while china on bases of soft power is rooting itself in most of regions of world. This strategic relationship and involvement on bases on economic perspective is a setback for the foreign policy of US that is mostly based on the Reason to protect principle or humanitarian interventions.  US had these principles a top place in its foreign policy which results in the negative image of US on the other hand china gaining economic objective and controlling commercial progress had positive image for the world. US transformed its strategies with time toward china and now China is influential character in US policies. 

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