Pyatachkova A.S. Cooperation between China and the United States in maritime space of the Pacific Rim

Abstract: The article examines the cooperation between China and the United States in maritime space of the Pacific Rim; therefore the object of this research became the issue of maritime security in the Pacific Rim, while the subject is the collaboration between China and USA in this area. The work analyzes the notion of maritime security, influence of the key tendencies in the relations between PRC and USA upon their interaction in the area of maritime security, as well as their approaches towards understanding of this phenomenon. The research is based on the theory of neo-realism and systemic approach. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that the issue of ensuring security in maritime space of the Pacific Rim in the China-America relations is being comprehensively examined, taking into account the general tendencies and peculiarities of the development of this situation in the sphere of maritime activity in the context of relation between the People’s Republic of China and the United States. Maritime space is being views as a unified field of interaction (for example, in this context the problems of South China Sea and East China Sea are positioned as private cases of general tendencies). In the conditions of the growing competition for the regional leadership between PRC and USA, the cooperation between these two countries as the most influential actors in the Pacific Rim can either stabilize the situation in the area of maritime security, or worsen the already existing issues.  At the same time, the maritime territorial disputes act as an instrument for establishing new order in the region, therefore, both sides use various means for supporting their presence in the region.  Due to this fact, we can assume that the rivalry between China and the United States will remain.

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