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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
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