‍Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal

America and China in the Post-Corona Order

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hamid Ahmadinejad 1
Arsalan Ghorbani Sheikhneshin 2

1 Postdoctoral Researcher in International Relations, Kharazmi University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,

2 Professor Department of International Relations, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
America in the Post-Corona Order; continued contrast of hegemony survival and Delegitimation China
Abstract
Many years have passed since the popularization of the term post-American order, an order that most researchers think is centered on China. In the meantime, the emergence of the Corona epidemic and its transformation into a global crisis, and more importantly, the lack of leadership, as well as the failure of the United States in this pandemic, caused some to call it the cause of the decline of the hegemony of the United States. this study focused on the Post-Corona international system of  in the dimension of hegemony and anti-hegemony [America and China], is trying to answer the question based on scenario writing and Delphi technique; Will Corona lead to the fall of Washington's hegemony and replace it with Beijing or not? Studies show that the fall of American hegemony is naive for several reasons. Because America's lead over China will remain. But China with modeling its image as a savior. In the Corona era, due to the success in curbing it and also creating a line of global friendships with most countries by taking advantage of Mask's diplomacy, it has entered the stage of delegitimization of the US-led order. Now it has to be seen if the leaders of Beijing, considering this increase in their influence, will have the desire and will to finish this stage and enter the final stage of the power cycle or not? Something that is currently, if not impossible, but it will definitely be complicated and challenging.
 
 

Keywords

American hegemony
Rise of China
Corona Crisis
Post-Corona order
scenario planning
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‍Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal
Volume 28, Issue 118
Summer 2022
Pages 3-35

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