Американо-китайские отношения: возвращение холодной войны?

США и Канада: экономика, политика, культура. 2019. Т. 49. № 5. С. 22–38.

Batyuk V.

Abstract

In recent years, the rise of serious military, political, economic and political contradictions between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China became a reality. In American political circles they started talking about a new "Cold" (and even possibly "Hot") War between the two countries. The growth of Chinese military power and economic potential cause an alarm in American ruling circles. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army challenged the US absolute military preponderance in the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. The Chinese military can use against the Americans the tactics of Anti-Access/Area Denial, thus changing radically the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific Region.  Mainland China now is the strongest economy in the world, undermining thus the US global economic positions. The American political and academic elite is also concerned about the possibility of forming a Russian-Chinese anti-American Alliance. In the US, however, there is no unity as to who America's main enemy in the new cold war is - Russia or China. In any foreseeable future, America will have to confront such strong opponents as Russia and China, under the conditions of disorder and discontent in the United States.

Keywords: торговый баланс, trade balance, гонка вооружений, arms race, strategic triangle, стратегический треугольник