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By Ms. Uroosa Khan, PRCCSF Fellow and Research Analyst having keen interest in foreign policy, history, geopolitics, and international relations.<\/p>\n
Great powers do not decline because they are conquered, but because they abandon the responsibilities of leadership. In this context, the global world order is changing; the country that embarked upon the structure of the new world order is backtracking from all its commitments and obligations. The recent Trump administration\u2019s policies towards other countries are not a hidden case. The revival of expansionism, imperialism, the stick policy approach, economic nationalism, and withdrawal from multilateral organizations is undoubtedly creating alternatives for China to fill the vacuum left by the leadership of the United States. The realist American approach towards neighboring countries and to the global organizations is revamping the existing structure based on mutual coexistence and cooperation.<\/p>\n
The normalization of expansionist agendas by the Trump administration, from purchasing\/invading Greenland to violating the sovereign right of Venezuela, means the US is creating a pathway for China to become a reliable partner for many countries that respect sovereignty and uphold international law. The expansionist policy of Washington is eroding its soft power approach, on the basis of which the US is still ruling the world. Therefore, China is advocating its noninterference policy globally. However, China\u2019s actions in the South China Sea or Xinjiang are reframed not as unique violations, but as part of a global landscape where great powers assert their interests.<\/p>\n
Hence, the US has now again announced to pull out from 61 international organizations and 31 UN-affiliated bodies. One cannot deny that the Washington census embarked on the journey of US dominance, and these international organizations played an important role in maintaining a US-led world order. But now the time comes these organizations are facing a threat from their mother country, which envisaged the foundation. Here comes the role of China, which is playing an active role in climate conferences, global health initiatives, and digital governance. China is aligning and shifting global norms with its authoritarian capitalist model. One cannot deny that the US withdrawal would not collapse the system but would enable the world to live and breathe without the US.<\/p>\n
Simultaneously, the US economic nationalism approach is distancing its partners and affecting the global trade standards. The continuous imposition of tariffs on partners and foes by the Trump administration affecting its image globally as a country no longer upholding trading norms. On the other hand, China is leading the role of the Belt and Road Initiative; we cannot deny that the project is facing transparency and debt issues, but the project signals the role of China as a bridge between the countries by facilitating them with good infrastructure and connectivity. Due to the realist trade policies, China is leveraging the opportunity, and today we see China is a leading country in exporting vehicles; the recent announcement of Canada to import electric vehicles from China is a case in point.<\/p>\n
We are evolving towards parallel systems: a US-led tech and security sphere and a China-led production and economic integration model. Countries will undoubtedly navigate both.<\/p>\n
Global governance would become a battleground. Tech war, 5G, AI, climate governance, and all other competitions will increase, in which the US would be ready to contain Chinese influence.<\/p>\n
The most important aspect that the future holds is the volatility of US foreign policy. The US under the Trump administration is unlikely to become a reliable partner for many countries and uphold international rules and norms. But the change in the administration of the US would undoubtedly tell another aspect; hence, the revival of the unilateral realist approach of the US in the future would crumble alliances and enhance the role of China and major powers to take the lead.<\/p>\n
The superpower that, with decades of struggle, built an empire upholding the values and norms of coexistence and cooperation is now backtracking from its commitments. The vacuum is being left by the US in the international arena, and the major powerful countries are ready to take the lead and fill the vacuum. However, the future will not belong automatically to China due to its given domestic challenges, and the US will not hold supremacy globally as well. The world needs a post Trump correction to rebuild again the world where coexistence, cooperation and mutuality.<\/p>\n
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