NATO and China's containment policy in the Indo-Pacific

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Sayed ali monavari ¹
• mohsen keshvarian azad ²

¹ Department of International Relations, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

² Visiting Assistant Professor ,Khwarazmi University

https://doi.org/10.22067/irlip.2025.89149.1554

Abstract

The emergence and strengthening of China in the global and regional arena has led to the sensitivity of the United States and its liberal partners by planning security and economic initiatives to contain Beijing. QUAD, AUKUS, Decoupling from China and containment China with the help of partners are among these initiatives. In continuation of their plans and initiatives, NATO, as a security-military arm, has also increased its focus on China and has prepared plans and measures that have resulted in the reaction of the Chinese authorities and show the more effective presence of this actor in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. The purpose of this article is to explain NATO's strategy toward China, and in an analytical-explanatory way, it answers the question of how NATO is trying to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region to contain China? In response, it is assumed that NATO, by changing the concept of strategy and increasing its focus on China, seeks to strengthen ties with liberal partners and build a consensus among them to contain China in the Indo-Pacific. The results show that NATO documents and NATO members have increased the focus on the Indo-Pacific region, especially China, cooperation formats and practical measures with liberal partners (Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand) in It is being implemented.

Keywords

• Indo-Pacific
• China
• Liberal partners
• Containment
• NATO

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