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Hegemony, not anarchy: why China and Japan are not balancing US unipolar power

Author(s) -

Peter Van Ness

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

international relations of the asia-pacific

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 1470-4838

pISSN - 1470-482X

DOI - 10.1093/irap/2.1.131

Subject(s) - hegemony , china , globe , power (physics) , realism , missile , political economy , international relations , political science , politics , economic system , sociology , law , economics , history , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , neuroscience , physics , quantum mechanics , archaeology

The United States today dominates the globe and many regional geographical sub-systems in an unprecedented way, maintaining a hegemonic order that is in no way similar to the ‘anarchy’ assumed in realist analyses. The global system today is not simply unipolar; it is a hegemonic system that is increasingly globalised, in which the basic concepts of realism (anarchy, self-help and power-balancing) provide little guidance or understanding in explaining state behaviour. This essay describes the US hegemonic system, analyses the roles of China and Japan within that system, and examines how the Bush administration’s plans for missile defence might transform that system. There are critical implications from this analysis for realist interpretations of international politics.

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