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China and the U.S Grand Strategy in the West Asia 2008- 2024 | ||
| مطالعات راهبردی آمریکا | ||
| Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 08 July 2025 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| Author | ||
| Mahdi Ansari* | ||
| PhD in International Relations, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| Receive Date: 27 March 2025, Revise Date: 08 July 2025, Accept Date: 08 July 2025 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The grand strategy of the United States has emerged under the influence of regional and trans-regional factors that create opportunities or threats in the international system. Accordingly, the present study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to examine China’s role in the U.S. grand strategy in West Asia during the period from the Obama to the Biden administrations. The central question is: How has China influenced the U.S. grand strategy in West Asia from 2008 to 2024? China’s political, economic, and military-technological actions have prompted the U.S. to form alliances aimed at countering the threat of China’s influence in strategic regions, including West Asia. In this context, China serves as a significant trans-regional variable pushing the U.S. toward an offshore balancing strategy in West Asia, challenging American interests politically, diplomatically, economically, and militarily through multifaceted initiatives. The majority of U.S. alliance-building efforts in West Asia focus on blunting and preventing China’s intervention and influence, seeking to dissuade its allies—namely the Gulf Cooperation Council members—from aligning with China. Tactics of the offshore balancing strategy include leading from behind and the use of liberal democratic norms, alliance formation, simultaneous emphasis on threat balancing to maintain power equilibrium, and efforts to buck passing to regional partners and allies in shaping the desired security order. This qualitative study employs a documentary research method and utilizes library research techniques for data collection and analysis. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Offshore Balancing; Coalition-building; West Asia; United States of America; China | ||
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