China: as an Emerging Superpower

Abstract

The research paper aims to answer the main research question whether China can really becomethe next superpower towards the middle of 21st century through its economic performance, energypolicy, population, nuclear capacity and ideology. The hypothesis of the research paper is that in 21stcentury international system will become a bipolar with hegemony of the United States and China.With regard to the research methods, the following methods have been used: Case Study and ContentAnalysis. Case Studies are perhabs the most widely used research approach in internationalrelations (IR).In addition, to assert the main research question the Content Analysis is used. That method involvesanalyzing large amounts of text-based data. During research it was exercised books, analytical articles,and different research papers of international research institutes: like Carnegie Center, CenterStrategic and International Studies (CSIS), Belfer Center of International Affairs Harvard KennedySchool etc.Other method is the statistical method, related to the presenting the concrete statistics, for instance,concerning GDP of China, statistics of foreign trade, energy import etc.Theoretical context in this research is theory of international relations Realism. Particularly HansMorgenthau’s Realist Theory (6 principle) second principle – National Interest defined in terms ofNational Power. According to this principle nations always define and act for securing their nationalinterests by means of power. History tells us that nations have always acted on the basis of power.