United States in Asia: Transition in the International System and Restraining China Influence

Ni Komang Yulia Cempaka Sari, I. Gede Wahyu Wicaksana

2018

Abstract

United States under President Barack Obama administration inherited a poor domestic economic conditions due to the economic crisis in 2008. To deal with this issue, United States government released a foreign policy Pivot to Asia. Officially, this policy is referred as an attempt to balance the foreign policy priorities of the United States that were previously considered too focused in the Middle East region. In addition, the economic growth in Asia led to the increased strategic value of the countries in the region that made the United States more into account regarding the potential of this region. This article analyzes the background and the reason behind the United States decision to getting closer to Asia. Through analysis using international system variables, according to Valerie Hudson, there are several attributes that need to be considered. Each attribute represents the conditions that are seen in the interaction dynamics of the countries at the global level. In addition, through the Long Cycles Theory by Geroge Modelski, United States foreign policy is motivated by the transition and cycles that exist in the international system. Based on this theory, the phase of the current international system is in a state of deconcentration of power leading to new actors. China’s economic growth lead to discomfort for the United States as a world power since the end of Second World War. Long Cycles Theory able to explain changes in the international system is able to push the United States to implement a foreign policy Pivot to Asia as  an attempt to hold and contain the spread of Chinese influence at the global level.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sari N. and Wicaksana I. (2018). United States in Asia: Transition in the International System and Restraining China Influence. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 529-535. DOI: 10.5220/0010279800002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Ni Komang Yulia Cempaka Sari and I. Gede Wahyu Wicaksana},
title={United States in Asia: Transition in the International System and Restraining China Influence},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={529-535},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010279800002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - United States in Asia: Transition in the International System and Restraining China Influence
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Sari N.
AU - Wicaksana I.
PY - 2018
SP - 529
EP - 535
DO - 10.5220/0010279800002309