Governance Patterns; Geopolitical Faults and America's Competition with China and Russia

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Corresponding author: PhD student in international relations, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In the current situation of the international system, the competition between America, China and Russia has increased at the geostrategic level. These competitions have affected the international system at different levels and dimensions of geopolitical regions. The main question of the research is why the competition between America, Russia and China has increased in the geopolitical areas of the international system? To answer this question, it can be said that although the competition between America, Russia and China in the regions of the international system is caused by the attempt to penetrate the regions and gain material benefits such as energy, but in this research, the conflict and clash of governance patterns as one of the The most important causes of geopolitical faults are considered. The research method is qualitative and document study with an explanatory and analytical approach, and the method of collecting data and information is library. According to the findings of this research, the competition of the United States with China and Russia has increased under the influence of governance patterns arising from the cultural foundations of identity-giving in the geopolitical faults of West Asia, East Asia and West Asia in political, economic, military and technological dimensions.

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