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GUAM THE CENTER OF ASIA PACIFIC A SOURCE OF GEO STRATEGIC RIVALRY BETWEEN CHINA AND THE US

06 Pages : 52-60

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-II).06      10.31703/gpr.2018(III-II).06      Published : Dec 2018

Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US

    Guam is the U.S. unincorporated territory and military (base), which lies in the western part of the Pacific Islands. Guam serves as the lynchpin for the U.S. influence in the Pacific, is became the flashpoint between two nuclear powers of the region i.e. United States of America and China, due to its strategic geopolitical position. Nevertheless, Guam remained a conducive place for the U.S. naval basing as well as the territory to provide shorten and strategic edge for Washington to sustain her hegemony and influence in the region. The aim of this research paper is that, could the U.S. sustain her hold over Guam while facing the Chinese mesmerizing and clear empirical indicators of its military forces, particularly its navy, air force, missile technology, and its rapidly expanding marine corps, as the arbiters of a new global order-one that stands opposed to U.S. national interests and threat to its close allies in the region.

    U.S.; China; Guam; Pacific Island; Unincorporated territory; Battlefield
    (1) Barkat Ali
    MPhil Scholar,Department of Political Science & IR,Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Nazim Rahim
    Assistant Professor,Department of Political Science & IR,Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Usman Ullah
    Research Fellow, Humanity Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Cite this article

    APA : Ali, B., Rahim, N., & Ullah, M. U. (2018). Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US. Global Political Review, III(II), 52-60. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-II).06
    CHICAGO : Ali, Barkat, Nazim Rahim, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. 2018. "Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US." Global Political Review, III (II): 52-60 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2018(III-II).06
    HARVARD : ALI, B., RAHIM, N. & ULLAH, M. U. 2018. Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US. Global Political Review, III, 52-60.
    MHRA : Ali, Barkat, Nazim Rahim, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. 2018. "Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US." Global Political Review, III: 52-60
    MLA : Ali, Barkat, Nazim Rahim, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. "Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US." Global Political Review, III.II (2018): 52-60 Print.
    OXFORD : Ali, Barkat, Rahim, Nazim, and Ullah, Muhammad Usman (2018), "Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US", Global Political Review, III (II), 52-60
    TURABIAN : Ali, Barkat, Nazim Rahim, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. "Guam, the Center of Asia Pacific: A Source of Geo-Strategic Rivalry between China and the US." Global Political Review III, no. II (2018): 52-60. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-II).06