Analytical Reading of China’s Rise and Its Competition with the United States: John Mearsheimer’s Perspective

Dr. Khalid Hashim Mohammed, a lecturer at the College of Political Science, published an academic article entitled “A Reading of John Mearsheimer’s Recent Analysis of China’s Superiority over the United States” on Baghdad Policy Review.

The article examines Mearsheimer’s expectations regarding China’s rise as a dominant power in Asia and the escalation of structural competition with the United States, with the possibility of an arms race and balancing alliances that could threaten stability and the liberal international order. It focuses on structural shifts in the balance of power between the two great powers, drawing on a leaked Pentagon report on China’s military advancement. The article also analyzes the implications of this rise for the future of American hegemony and the nature of U.S.–China competition, as well as the prospects for confrontation or containment, from the perspective of John Mearsheimer’s offensive realism.