http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-I).04
10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-I).04
Published : Mar 2021
SINO - US Relations: A Case of Hybrid War
US National Security Strategy, 2017, mentioned China as a revisionist state, an economic competitor and a challenger. US NSC China declared to compete with China under the guided principles of realism. US actions and strategies make an interesting argument to validate that USA has fallen in the Thucydides Trap, not because China has pushed the US, but because fear has engulfed her and has adopted an appropriate form of war. This article explores the approaches adopted by USA in her Hybrid War against China. It discusses the surge in attacks on China political Center of Gravity. It analyses the created chaos in Hongkong and the engineered clash of Muslim and Chinese civilisations. It observes how Corona Pandemic has been used to malign China and uncovers that US allies have been buoyed up to contain China. Before rendering conclusions, the article examines how the friends of china are being targeted.
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USA, China, Hybrid Warfare, Muslims, Pakistan
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(1) Mian Zahoor Ul Haq
PhD Scholar, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Imran Ashraf
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Haq, M. Z. U., & Ashraf, M. I. (2021). SINO - US Relations: A Case of Hybrid War. Global Foreign Policies Review, IV(I), 31-43. https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-I).04
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CHICAGO : Haq, Mian Zahoor Ul, and Muhammad Imran Ashraf. 2021. "SINO - US Relations: A Case of Hybrid War." Global Foreign Policies Review, IV (I): 31-43 doi: 10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-I).04
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HARVARD : HAQ, M. Z. U. & ASHRAF, M. I. 2021. SINO - US Relations: A Case of Hybrid War. Global Foreign Policies Review, IV, 31-43.
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TURABIAN : Haq, Mian Zahoor Ul, and Muhammad Imran Ashraf. "SINO - US Relations: A Case of Hybrid War." Global Foreign Policies Review IV, no. I (2021): 31-43. https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-I).04