ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the regional and global impacts of the rising powers and the economic, political and social implications for the established world order. The rise of China and other emerging powers represents one of the key driving forces of global political, economic and social change. The various China-threat theories have a common assumption that, when an emerging state becomes economically wealthier and militarily more powerful, it will inevitably seek greater global political influence. Established powers stress threats from rising powers, while conversely rising powers may feel slighted that they are not taken seriously by established powers. The established powers should support reconfiguration of the global power architecture to incorporate China into the arrangement of both the development of shared international rules. It is commonly recognized that the United States shaped the post-war world order had been the benevolent hegemon and public goods for maintaining the mode of production of the capitalist world system.
