Geopolitical Shift:International Institutions in the Era of Sino-U.S.Competition
International institutions can shape geopolitical identities and transform geopolitical spaces.In recent years,geopolitical dynamics have shifted vis-à-vis international institutions,and they have become a key arena in which major powers assert their geopolitical ambitions.On one hand,traditional geopolitics has not only failed to disappear in the era of multilateralism,rather its influence continues to grow;on the other hand,the geographical features of the logic of major power competition have changed,and international institutions are increasingly constructed around models rooted in geopolitical realities.While so,this geopolitical logic has long been overlooked.The reality is that there is a clear geopolitical logic to international institutions which links member politics,geographical politics and power politics through what we describe as the"member-geography-power"framework.By combining geopolitics with international institutions,we can analyze the operational logic of geopolitics at the level of international institutions.Generally speaking,states compete in terms of political power through competition over membership criteria and geo-environment competition within the context of international institutions.Major powers can establish geopolitical advantage through the creation of international institutions which shape new power structures.Against the backdrop of US-China competition,major powers engage in fierce competition over key members and critical regions of international institutions to gain geopolitical advantages.For China,strengthening cooperation within international institutions can alleviate the pressures caused by geopolitical tensions and is an effective way to deal with geopolitical games.
International InstitutionsGeo-politicsMembership CriteriaSino-U.S.CompetitionInternational Cooperation
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