U.S.-China Political and Trade Battle Intensifies: What Does Mearsheimer’s Theory Say?
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Al Jazeera, U.S.President Donald Trump decided last February to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from China into the United States. This marked the first time during his administration that Beijing came under direct attack. China is the world’s largest steel producer, and despite heavy U.S. tariffs, Chinese steel found its way into America through intermediaries; some of it was purchased by various countries before being shipped to the U.S.
As expected, China responded swiftly to Trump’s new tariffs by announcing 15 percent duties on imports of poultry, wheat, corn, and cotton from the United States as well as 10 percent tariffs on red meat and dairy products-highlighting escalating trade tensions between the two nations.
Who will control the global order in coming decades?
Thus, today America and china are officially locked in a trade confrontation. Washington fears China’s growing economic dominance worldwide; though, beyond this economic competition lies a broader political battle: who will control international order in future decades.
With China’s rapid rise toward becoming a global superpower, attention has turned increasingly toward a theory proposed in the 1990s by American political scientist John Mearsheimer known as “offensive realism.” This theory offers a pessimistic forecast for international relations-especially potential conflict between America and China.
Proponents argue there is an intrinsic link between power and security at various levels. To guarantee security, states must continuously increase their capabilities to surpass their adversaries.In fact, no state can achieve absolute security unless it holds dominant status within either the international system or at least within its regional sphere.
In this scenario, a dominant power can deter potential rivals and force concessions while strengthening its position; but if it fails along that path, challengers gain opportunities to overtake it-and turn into serious threats. At that point warfare or conflict becomes only a matter of time.
The tragedy of great power politics
John Mearsheimer-the renowned American scholar of offensive realism-developed his ideas extensively in his book titled the Tragedy of Great Power Politics. He argues that five core features shape international order together so that struggle for power becomes governments’ driving motivation since states constantly seek to grow stronger at competitors’ expense.
regarding U.S.-China rivalry specifically، Mearsheimer believes China-as an emerging world power-is following America’s former path decades ago: initially striving for dominance within its regional sphere but soon encountering competing influences like American presence there. Taiwan emerges as key issue here given Beijing regards it part of its territory while Washington maintains meaningful influence over Taiwan. Similarly، South Korea و Japan stand out as primary rivals for China و strategic allies hosting numerous US military installations with tens of thousands troops deployed
The official figures show China’s military expenditure annually approaches $219 billion compared with roughly $25 billion back in1995. Some estimates accounting for purchasing-power parity put these figures near $500-$700 billion modeled close enough(“-“);
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Is war between china & Usa imminent?
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