Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted THE UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONSHIP AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECURITY POLICIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE(2023-05-26) Alrashidi, Zarea; Cohen, Michael DavidCultural values and norms are likely to play an important role in shaping national security policies, especially globally. This research aims to understand how fighting for cultural superiority between the United States and China impacts the development of arms and military-oriented policies in the Asia-Pacific region. The study employed an explanatory research methodology where four Asian-Pacific region case studies were selected for analysis. The four sub-objectives of the study included: To understand the impact of culture on the development of security policies in the Asia Pacific region, To explore and explain how the U.S and China's fight for cultural superiority affect the development of arms and military-oriented policies in Asia Pacific region; To explore and explain the reliability of the constructivist school of thought compared to the traditional security concepts in understanding the cultural conflict between the United States and China; To explain how China's growing military capacity in the Asia-pacific region affects the existing national security policies. The study was anchored on Katzenstein understanding constructivist school of thought understanding on international relations. The data from the four case studies were examined, and content analysis was employed. The findings and conclusion showed that, indeed, fighting for cultural superiority between the United States and China in pursuit of settling international conflicts has affected the development of policies in Asia-Pacific. China has been using different strategies, such as forming Female Associations in Taiwan and Using China Communist Party (CCP) to bring its culture into the limelight regarding military policies. The study recommends that there is still more to explore using a constructivist school of thought in understanding the nature of international relations, especially between the United States and China.85 0