Q.No.1 What would be East Asias future be? More conflict and instability?

Or the

region can build peace and stability? Identify three major issues in East Asia and

discuss the effects of those issues on the regions stability and future.

The East Asian region is going under many changes attributed by high levels of economic

growth and deepening levels of integeration. These forces are generating a shift in the

distribution of economic, military and political power across the region. These changing

environments are posing major challenges for United states which was once the greatest

power in maritime asia. There are few exceptions that might lead to the instability in region

of East Asia, is the going North Korea crisis and the rising rivalry between Kim and Trump.

So, current situation might lead to mixture of cooperation and conflict across the East Asian

region in future.

East Asia in spite of many positive changes and development is still facing issues like status

quo in some regions, which leads to corrupt government systems like that in North Korea.

But in most of the countries there has been a tremendous reduction in status quo. Status quo

has constrained political and economical growth in this region in the past decades. East Asia

is also facing issues like environmental pollution. China being on the top for industrialization

is more concerned on exploiting its own resources without considering the harmful affects

that it is causing to the environment. Despite the many groups working for sustainable living

the hazards to the environments are numerous. It may cause major issues in the nearby

countries and might lead to interregional tensions, and can be a damaging factor for the

stability of this region. And the biggest of all issues to the stability of East Asia might be the

growing tensions between North Koreas Kim and United States Trump. Since the

militarization of North Korea, the country is being isolated from its allies. It is causing the

tensions in East Asian countries like China, South Korea and Japan also. Though the peaceful
solution of matter is being under the first priorities of many of these countries but leads are

not satisfactory.

Q.No.3 Discuss the U.S. presence and roles in Asia, in relation to Chinas rise as a

regional power. What are the U.S.s concerns/intensions in Asia? What are Chinas?

Will Chinas rise weaken the U.S influence in the region? If so, why? Or could the two

nations cooperate each other and contribute to the stability of region? If so, why.

Presence of U.S in Asia will make sure the existence of U.S. in Asia as a power. U.S is

building strong relationships with India and K.S.A, as on many international conferences they

have committed with each other. While China, worlds largest economic power, is building

stronger relations with Rivals of U.S. such as Russia and its ally Pakistan to monopolize the

middle east and African countries. U.S. is being criticized in some Asian over its role in

different on-going crisis in middle east and Afghanistan. Taking the advantage of this China

is playing indirectly with Russia. Seemingly the main concerns of U.S. in Asia might have

been stabilization of Syria and Afghanistan, and settling of refugees crisis and in addition to

that keeping sprite of terrorists in bottle with the cooperation of its European and Asian allies.

While China without defaming itself is playing underhand tactics with Russia and finding its

root far in western Asia. China wants to be a recognized as the worlds no.1 economic power

and it requires to sell its products to countries where it havent reached so far. The most

fascinating trick played by the Chinese is by investments in Under-developed regions, for

example Pakistan, and then they start monopolizing it, which the U.S. might have done in the

past. Chinas diplomatic offensive in Southeast Asia has raised questions in the U.S. and

throughout Asia concerning the nature of Chinas rise and its implications. Advocates of a

China threat scenario have long argued that China desires regional hegemony and that U.S.-

China relations in this regard are a zero sum game. Analogies are made between the rise of
China and that of Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan: Chinas rise will necessarily be highly

disruptive to U.S. pre-eminence in the global system, stability in Asia, and the international

system writ large. Others paint a picture of China returning to the glory days of the Middle

Kingdom, using its economic might to establish an empire with tentacles reaching out

throughout most of Asia and transforming its neighbours into little more than vassal states.

Still other analysts argue forcefully that Chinas rise can be managed through integrating the

country into international norms and regimes, thereby ensuring that China has a stake in

preserving the status quo. In this scenario, as the Chinese themselves have insisted, Chinas

rise will be peaceful, serving an ameliorative function in international affairs: enhancing

global security, promoting peaceful trade, and addressing transnational challenges. As far as

Unity of both the power is concerned, it may lead to positive changes in region and in the

world, it will make sure the balancing of economic sources, consumption of resources that are

naturally available will be reduced, so it will put a positive impact factor. But in the near

future it seems not to be happening.