Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ghasem Torabi ¹
• Mojgan Rezaei ²

¹ Professor, Azad University

² MA of International Relations, University of Mazandaran

Abstract

The present article mainly attempts to deliver a comparison between China and US policies in combating terrorism in Central Asia. Therefore it addresses the following question: Which policies have been used by US and China for preventing the expansion of terrorism in Central Asia? The hypothesis is that these two actors have chosen a cooperative and interactive policy for combating terrorism. Central Asia’s security and stability has a greater importance for China. That is why China has some security considerations that have led this country to multilateralism while the United Sates is less inclined to it. The other differentiation is that US approach towards combating terrorism is military – based, while China emphasizes on political and economic methods.

Keywords

• Central Asia
• Terrorism
• Military approach
• political and economic approach
• The United States
• China