The Analysis of the Regional Sub-Systems” in International Relations: South and East Asia as a Regional Sub-System

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This study examines the “regional sub-system” analysis that aims to emphasize regional dynamicsin the field of International Relations with a theoretical and applied approach. It hasbeen aimed to prove that the South and East Asia region, which was subject to the examinationwithin the scopes of the fundamental hypotheses of regional sub-system analysis, have aunique structure that differs from the global system, while having important contact pointswith the global system. According to the findings of the study, the South and East Asia subsystemexhibits a view where the “balance of power” is emphasized more than other regions,and where China emerges as the dominant economic and political power.