GÜNEY ÇİN DENİZİ’NDE ÇİN-ABD GÜÇ MÜCADELESİ

Year 2023, Issue: 45, 413 - 439, 30.04.2023

İlknur Sar , Özlem Demirkıran

Abstract

Küresel güç rekabetinin oldukça artmış olduğu bu dönemde, dünyada iki önemli aktör olan ABD ve Çin birçok konuda karşı karşıya gelmektedir. Son dönemlerde iki büyük gücü karşı karşıya getiren önemli bir konu da denizlerdeki güç mücadelesi olmuştur. Özellikle gücün Asya-Pasifik coğrafyasına kayması, ABD’yi de bölgeye yönelmeye sevk etmiştir. Asya’da yükselişe geçen ve istikrarlı bir büyüme kaydeden Çin ile süper güç konumunu kaybetmek istemeyen ABD’nin çıkarları bu coğrafyada çakışmaktadır. Sahip olduğu jeopolitik önem, yer altı kaynakları, biyolojik çeşitliliği ve deniz ticaretindeki önemli konumuyla Güney Çin Denizi, ABD ve Çin’i Batı Pasifik’te jeopolitik bir rekabete sürüklemiştir. Gerek bölge ülkeleri gerekse büyük güçler arasında mücadeleye sahne olan Güney Çin Denizi, giderek artan çatışmalarla daha da istikrarsız bir bölge haline gelmektedir. ABD, bireysel girişimleri yanında bölgede kurduğu ikili ve çok taraflı müttefikliklerle Çin’i çevrelemeye ve bölgedeki Çin egemenliğini kısıtlamaya çalışmaktadır. Çalışmada Güney Çin Denizi’ndeki Çin-ABD mücadelesi, iki ülkenin bölgede birbirlerine yönelik gerçekleştirdikleri hamlelerle ele alınmaya çalışılacaktır.

Keywords

Güney Çin Denizi, Çin, ABD, güç mücadelesi

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