Strategic Regions in 21st Century Power Politics
xiconcluded with suggestions of possibilities and prospects for further
mutual engagement and cooperation.
In the last chapter, Ruiping Wang assesses the United States–China
global geopolitical rivalry through the prism of Joseph Nye’s concept of
soft power. After analyzing the way in which Nye refutes the “theory of
America’s decline” by constructing “soft power” theory, he discusses the
“theory of America’s decline” in light of the growing significance of China
as a geopolitical actor in the international political arena.