Ascendancy of Regional Powers in Contemporary US-China Relations

Kari Roberts is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University (MRU). She is also a Coordinator of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN).Saira Bano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, History, and Politics at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her research focuses on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, nuclear weapons issues in South Asia and IR theories.

• 1. Introduction: Rethinking and Reframing the Great Power Rivalry.- 2. US-China Relations: From Engagement to Competition.- 3. South Asia in U.S.-China Great Power Competition.- 4. The Material and Ideational Forces Behind Japan’s Shifting Identity in the Face of the China-US Rivalry.- 5. From Hedging to Balancing: Australia’s China Policy and Implications for US-China Rivalry.- 6. The Kingmaker’s Conundrum: South Korea Navigating the Sino-US Peer Competition.- 7. ASEAN’s Agency amid U.S.-China Rivalry: Small-State Hedging across the Twin Chessboards.- 8. Last Among Unequals: Russia and the Contemporary Great Power Rivalry.- 9. New Europe on the New Silk Road: Central, East and Southeast Europe amid US-China Rivalry.- 10. The EU's Strategic Readjustment and its Impact on US-China Relations.- 11. Never Going to Let You Go: The Middle East, Great Power Competition, and the Rise of China.- 12. Stoking the US-China Rivalry: Zimbabweand the Internationalization of its Anti-Sanctions Agenda.- 13. Latin America’s Role in the Great Power Competition.- 14. Managing the Sino-American Arctic Rivalry.- 15. Conclusion.