RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND US INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CHINA’S BRI?

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Published: Mar 25, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2391392u
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US-China Relations, Belt and Road Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy, Rules-Based International Order , IPEF

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M Jashim Uddin
Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau
Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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The third decade of the 21st century has witnessed more tensions, instabilities, and new alliances in the Indo-Pacific/Asia-Pacific region due to intensifying rivalry and strategic competition between the US Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), two grand strategies of the US and China respectively. This article aims to assess the Rules-Based International Order (RBIO) and comprehend Biden’s IPS, particularly exploring how the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) may impact China’s BRI. This paper argues that RBIO is debatable and not universal. It is also argued that while the IPEF unveiled by President Biden represents a strategically important step forward, a long-term US genuine commitment to its implementation to counter China’s BRI is essential. The methodology of this research is primarily based on secondary literature and official documents. This study concludes that although China is reluctant to pay too much attention to the US IPEF in its official statements, China is concerned about this economic initiative. The paper also concludes that because of the intense US-China rivalry, new alliances will emerge in the region leading to a new cold war or new world order. 

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Uddin, M. J. ., & Kwun-Sun Lau, R. . (2023). RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND US INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CHINA’S BRI?. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 9(1), 386-400. https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2391392u
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Author Biographies

M Jashim Uddin, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. M Jashim Uddin is an Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at North South University (NSU) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was the Founding Coordinator of the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) at NSU. Dr. Uddin received his Ph.D. in International Public Policy from Osaka University, Osaka, in2005. He has published several book chapters and scholarly articles on peace and conflict resolution, inter-state relations, and refugee issues in peer-reviewed journals, including Sage Journal. He served as a Senior Research Fellow for nine years at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Government. His research interests include refugee studies, including the Rohingya crisis, conflict management, security sector reform, human security, US-China relations in the Indo-Pacific, Sino-India relations in South Asia, and Japan-SAARC relations. Dr. Uddin is conducting different research projects, including a project on Rohingya Voice funded by the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka.

Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at North South University, Bangladesh and was formerly a Lecturer in History at Hong Kong Baptist University. His teaching and research interests include international relations after 1945, international comparative studies of genocide and mass atrocities, African studies, and US-China relations in the Indo-Pacific, Chinese foreign policy and Hong Kong politics. He is the author of Responding to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Protection First and Justice Later (London and New York: Routledge, 2022).