Abstract

PRAJ, Dusan  and  RESTREPO, Juan Carlos. THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE CHINESE REFORM. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2017, vol.12, n.1, pp.51-72. ISSN 1909-3063.  https://doi.org/10.18359/ries.2464.

The article looks at the new challenges the assertive Chinese foreign policy is representing for the regional geopolitical order in Asia. It follows the recent developments in the region mainly regarding the territorial disputes in the South China Sea and examines how the pressure in the regions are pushing China to look for other directions to its geopolitical projections, mainly toward the West implementing the New Silk Road project and deepening the cooperation with Russia. Meanwhile, the strong US presence in the Asian Pacific region was a guarantee of a "long peace" for more than 50 years. The lasting geopolitical order is changing due to the constant rise of the Chinese economy and the increasing on its military spending, challenging other Asian regional powers like India and Japan to counterbalance the Chinese influence in the region, and effectively engaging other partners like Malaysia and Philippines. China is now proposing a multidirectional attitude, trying to develop the relations towards the East as well as to the states westwards from its own borders.

Keywords : Geopolitics; Territorial Disputes; Asia Pacific; China.

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