Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025
While analyzing the power dynamics, order and hierarchy in the international system, academic scholars and researchers have laid stress on the great powers and considered other states as sub-structural units of the international system. The competition between USA and China in the Indo-pacific region has led the regional in the region to configure their foreign policies to take advantage and hedge against potential risks posed by the Sino-American power competition in the region. This power transformation can be best understood with the help of power transition theory which states that hegemony of a dominant power is challenged by a great power and hence the international political system is hierarchical rather than being anarchic. This qualitative study aims to address the power competition between USA and China in the Indo-pacific region.
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Power transition theory, Power Competition, China, USA, Indo-Pacific
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(1) Nazik Ali
M.Phil. Scholar, Department of International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Ghulam Mustafa
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ayesha Amjad
M.Phil. Scholar, Department of International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Cite this article
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APA : Ali, N., Mustafa, G., & Amjad, A. (2026). Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025. Global Foreign Policies Review, IX(II), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2026(IX-II).04
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CHICAGO : Ali, Nazik, Ghulam Mustafa, and Ayesha Amjad. 2026. "Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025." Global Foreign Policies Review, IX (II): 25-35 doi: 10.31703/gfpr.2026(IX-II).04
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HARVARD : ALI, N., MUSTAFA, G. & AMJAD, A. 2026. Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025. Global Foreign Policies Review, IX, 25-35.
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MHRA : Ali, Nazik, Ghulam Mustafa, and Ayesha Amjad. 2026. "Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025." Global Foreign Policies Review, IX: 25-35
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MLA : Ali, Nazik, Ghulam Mustafa, and Ayesha Amjad. "Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025." Global Foreign Policies Review, IX.II (2026): 25-35 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Nazik, Mustafa, Ghulam, and Amjad, Ayesha (2026), "Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025", Global Foreign Policies Review, IX (II), 25-35
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TURABIAN : Ali, Nazik, Ghulam Mustafa, and Ayesha Amjad. "Power Transition Theory and the Global Power Hierarchy: Analyzing Sino-American Power Politics in Indo-Pacific Region during 2017-2025." Global Foreign Policies Review IX, no. II (2026): 25-35. https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2026(IX-II).04