Degree
BS (Social Sciences & Liberal Arts)
Faculty / School
School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)
Department
Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Date of Award
Spring 2026
Date of Submission
2026-06-11
Advisor
Dr. Muhammad Bilal Munshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences
Committee
Dr. Arslan Waheed, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi
Project Type
SSLA Culminating Experience
Access Type
Restricted Access
Keywords
China, United States, Imperialism, Confucianism, Authoritarianism
Abstract
The unipolar moment has passed; the United States is no longer the sole superpower. The United States does not possess the power to force its will upon all the countries around the globe. Russia, China, Vietnam, and more recently Iran, exist as examples of countries which the United States cannot bend to its will. But while all of these aforementioned countries possess the capabilities to survive a military assault by the United States, only one of these countries – China – is developing its economy and soft power as well. China today stands as the most formidable rival for the United States today. China is also a country that functions on antithetical systems and structures to those of the United States. How does this contradiction between democracy and authoritarianism, and free-market capitalism vs state capitalism, resolve itself; and in the process of this resolution how do the United States and China engage one another? What are the underlying motivations behind either country’s interactions with one another? To what end are these interactions being carried out? What are the historical precedents that define how these countries can engage one another? The research question itself, how does regime typology influence the interaction between the United States and China? And so on are some of the questions answered here. The value of China’s Confucian ideology and the impetus it provides for peaceful interactions is contrasted with the United States’ imperialistic tendencies to show how either country has engaged other countries and what that means for the future of their interactions with one another.
Pages
iv, 50
Recommended Citation
., S. (2026). A Comparative Analysis of the Political Variables Motivating the Mutual Interactions between China and the United States (Unpublished undergraduate project). Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sslace/414
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