The Analysis of the Generation Mechanism of the US'Minilateralism in the"Indo-Pacific"Region
The United States'strategic containment of China through minilateralism in the"Indo-Pacific"region has become the main axis of its diplomatic strategy.By combining the vision of order and perception of threat between the United States and its allies and part-ners,minilateralism can be divided into four ideal types:the hybrid model,the security model,the institutional model,and the status quo model.When the United States and its allies have the same vision of order,if the United States has a strong"perception of threat"toward China,this scenario will lead to the formation of a hybrid model,and its"decou-pling"intensity from China is also the highest.When the United States and its allies have the same vision of order,if the United States has a weak"perception of threat"toward China,this scenario will lead to the emergence of an institutional model,which has a high-er degree of"decoupling"from China.When the United States and its allies have different visions of order,if the United States has a strong"perception of threat"toward China,this scenario will lead to the formation of a security model,and its"decoupling"intensity from China is at a medium level.When the United States and its allies have different visions of order,if the"perception of threat"is weak,this scenario will lead to the emergence of a status quo model,which has the lowest level of"decoupling"from China.The strategies to-ward China adopted by the Obama,Trump,and Biden administrations and their related cases can verify the causal mechanism generated by the US"Indo-Pacific"minilateralism.
minilateralismvision of orderperception of threat"the Indo-Pacific Strategy"institutional formation
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