Hegemonia no Sudeste Asiático: as projeções de poder de China e Estados Unidos sobre Filipinas, Indonésia, Malásia e Vietnã.

Abstract

The general objective of this work is to analyze the power projection of the United States and China in the countries of the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, belonging to Southeast Asia, currently, between 2020 and 2022. This time interval was chosen because it is the most recent possible and with which the available databases work. Thus, bibliographies on hegemony and power are proven, from realist, marxist and liberal authors of International Relations, with the aim of presenting ways of measuring power and how it materializes (coercion/consensus). From this, a historical overview is made during the Cold War and post-Cold War of the United States and China as agents in Southeast Asia, inferring how each behaves in relation to economic, military and political powers. Regarding these powers, it is understood that their dominance impacts the way in which States position themselves in a region or even in the International System. Finally, power indicators were chosen to present quantitative data on the influence of the United States and China in some Southeast Asian countries. China will not necessarily overtake the United States as a regional hegemon, mainly because the American military presence is still very relevant in the region.