Geopolítica e geoeconomia do Indo-Pacífico como estratégia de contenção da China

Resumo

In the current international landscape, especially following the 2008 global financial crisis and its effects, there is a growing rivalry between the United States and China, characterized by its geopolitical and geoeconomic nature. The Chinese rise in recent decades, driven primarily by robust economic growth and the establishment of partnerships and trade agreements, prominent along the Asia-Pacific region, has triggered a multidimensional reaction from the United States, aimed at containing China’s gains in influence, particularly in its surrounding region. Initially named the Pivot to Asia in 2011, this containment geostrategy took on new forms and developments following the first Donald Trump administration (2017-2021), when it was renamed the Indo-Pacific strategy. Currently, under the second Trump administration (2025-2029), this plan is deepening its perspective of strategic competition with China. This article investigates this multifactorial dispute for regional preferences, emphasizing the distinct parameters being constructed by Washington, especially in Southeast Asia, which have a growing character of confrontation between the logics of geopolitics versus geoeconomics. In this context, the American Indo-Pacific is notoriously more associated with a geopolitical zero-sum game, facing a deep disadvantage compared to Chinese propositions of a geoeconomic nature, which are more influential in the regions under analysis.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2025

Instituição

Ipea

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

DOI

10.38116/bepi43art3

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/20774

Licença

Licença Comum

Abrangência

Estados Unidos da América; China; Indo-Pacífico americano

Temas

Desenvolvimento Regional

Palavras-chave

Cooperação Internacional. Relações InternacionaisEstados UnidosChinaGeopolíticaGeoeconomiaIndo-PacíficoF International Economics::F5 International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy::F50 GeneralF International Economics::F5 International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy::F51 International Conflicts - Negotiations - SanctionsF International Economics::F5 International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy::F52 National Security - Economic NationalismF International Economics::F5 International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy::F53 International Agreements and Observance - International OrganizationsUnited StatesGeopoliticsGeoeconomicsIndo-Pacific