comparative analysis of u.s. 2017 national securitystrategy document towards china and iran

This study aimed at examining u.s. action pattern during trump’s presidency regardingchina and iran as two major regional actors and overall strategy of the u.s. within theframework of regional order of east asia and the middle east. contrary to some analyststhat consider trump’s foreign policy doctrine as ambiguous or contradictory, the mainargument in this paper is that the most important feature of trump’s strategy toward chinaand iran is the offshore balancing which is based on the balance of power against chinaand balance of threat against iran. this is concluded according to analysis of the 2017national security strategy document and trump’s measures and speech acts during hispresidency. this paper is a descriptive-analytic research emphasizing comparative approachand data gathering method is based on documentation.

A Comparative Study of China and Iran in the National Security Strategy of the United States of America

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the Tramp’s grand strategy towards China and Iran as two major actors in the regional order of East Asia and the Middle East. The main argument of this paper is that the Offshore Balancing strategy, based on the concepts of balance of power against China and balance of threat against Iran, is the main element of the Tramp strategy based on the National Security Strategy 2017 document in the presidential term. This paper is a descriptiveanalytic research with emphasis on comparative approach and its methodology is documentation. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the Tramp’s grand strategy towards China and Iran as two major actors in the regional order of East Asia and the Middle East. The main argument of this paper is that the Offshore Balancing strategy, based on the concepts of balance of power against China and balance of threat against Iran, is the main element of the Tramp strategy based on the National Security Strategy 2017 document in the presidential term. This paper is a descriptiveanalytic research with emphasis on comparative approach and its methodology is documentation.