China’s Grand Strategy and United States in Asia Pacific

Abstract

This article explains what policies China can adopt to avoid a direct conflict in the Asia
Pacific region with US while safeguarding its interests. Both the US and China are the
great powers in the Maritime sphere of Asia-Pacific region. They both have the desire to
protect their legitimate interests because good relations between both of them would
not only bring mutual benefits rather it will promote peace and stability in the AsiaPacific region. Further, the paper analyses how the US and China are managing their
relations and maintaining the peace and stability of Asia-Pacific region and how English
school of international relations explains this phenomenon? The research is mainly
qualitative and analytical for which mostly secondary sources such as book, research
articles and reports have been utilized. Thematic analysis method has been used to
scrutinize the date, and generate patterns and draw conclusions.