Purpose This study aims to examine the nexus of the US rebalance strategy to Asia and the US-China rivalry in the South China Sea (SCS) from the perspective of the offensive realism theory. Design/methodology/approach The study depends on the descriptive approach that deals with the analysis and...

This article situates Egypt in the global capitalist system to understand better the causes of the uprising beyond the one that has been put forth primarily in the Western media, viz. the authoritarian, undemocratic Mubarak regime was the main source. While democracy is a critical instrument...