Journal Article

RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND US INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CHINA’S BRI?

Kwun-Sun Lau, Raymond, Uddin, M Jashim

2023

Overview

The third decade of the 21st century has witnessed more tensions, instabilities, and new alliances in the Indo-Pacific/Asia-Pacific region due to intensifying rivalry and strategic competition between the US Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), two grand strategies of the US and China respectively. This article aims to assess the Rules-Based International Order (RBIO) and comprehend Biden’s IPS, particularly exploring how the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) may impact China’s BRI. This paper argues that RBIO is debatable and not universal. It is also argued that while the IPEF unveiled by President Biden represents a strategically important step forward, a long-term US genuine commitment to its implementation to counter China’s BRI is essential. The methodology of this research is primarily based on secondary literature and official documents. This study concludes that although China is reluctant to pay too much attention to the US IPEF in its official statements, China is concerned about this economic initiative. The paper also concludes that because of the intense US-China rivalry, new alliances will emerge in the region leading to a new cold war or new world order.

• Publisher: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
• Subject: 21st century / Administrative Law / Alliances / Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields / Belt and Road Initiative / Civil Society / Cold War / Commercial Law / Comparative Law / Comparative politics / Constitutional Law / Cooperation / Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption / Developing nations / Economic policy / Economy / Electoral systems / Energy and Environmental Studies / Environmental and Energy policy / EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development / EU-Legislation / Fiscal Politics / Budgeting / Geopolitics / Governance / Government/Political systems / History and theory of political science / History of Law / Human Resources in Economy / Human Rights and Humanitarian Law / ICT Information and Communications Technologies / Indo-Pacific Strategy / Inter-Ethnic Relations / International Law / International relations-US / International relations/trade / IPEF / Labor relations / Labour and Social Security Law / Law on Economics / Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence / Maritime Law / Marxist economics / Military policy / National Economy / Official documents / Peace and Conflict Studies / Political behavior / Political economy / Political psychology / Political science / Political Sciences / Political Theory / Politics / Politics / Political Sciences / Politics and communication / Politics and Identity / Politics and law / Politics and religion / Politics and society / Politics of History/Memory / Presidents / Prime ministers / Public Administration / Public Finances / Public Law / Regions / Research methodology / Rules-Based International Order / Security and defense / Socio-Economic Research / Sociology / Supranational / Global Economy / Tourism / Transport / Logistics / USA / Welfare systems / World order / World War II