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Chapter 4
Analysis and Recommendations
Both of them combine efforts to large role in China. Meaning by, it has
combat piracy at the global level. China to give up its long-term ambition for
is taking over environmental degradation self-reliance. No strategy will take either
and climate change issues from where of them to an overriding end-state;
the United States left. Consequently, the the future is simply competition in all
cooperation between China and the United spheres West’s assertion that democracy
Implications to ASEAN
States provide enormous national security is the best form of government for all
benefits of the global development. China societies at all levels of development
has recognized the viability of these will be challenged for the indefinite
common interests and does not seek to future. United States and China will
destabilize the United States. China wants coexist yet compete at all tiers. ASEAN
to be number one but is not trying to nations have to live in the world as it is.
destroy the United States. However, it has They need to rebalance their national
Evolving Geo-Strategic Matrix in South China Sea:
to respond to the challenges of leadership security strategies with an economic
30 role. It has four of the world’s ten largest emphasis by integrating all elements of
banks, it has Huawei with an opportunity national power—diplomatic, information,
to run the world’s 5G network. It has to be military, and economic (DIME) and try to
inclusive, it can no longer exclude foreign manage their relationships with China and
firms from the opportunity to play a similarly the United States.
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD)
Indo-Pacific region has become a in the region. These perceptions allow
significant geopolitical strategic focal countries to cooperate, collaborate and
point. Major global players are adjusting coordinate where there are shared objectives
their strategic outlooks and formulating while mitigating or managing differences.
specific policies for the Indo-Pacific, Indo-Pacific is a region where China is
while catering for convergences and coming up against growing economic,
divergences in perception of their partners political and military resistance from

