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To provide a little background information, the end of the Cold War signified the collapse of the former Soviet Union and acknowledged the United States of America as the global hegemonic power. Since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, the United States have been occupied fighting the war on terror, while China over the past few decades have encountered rapid accumulation of economic, technological, and political power. In recent years, China has been "experiencing the fastest growth in GDP per capita in human history" as well as a massive increase in its military capabilities (Gaugers and Latvian 2013, p.227). With the Afghanistan war coming to and end and the official closure of the Iraq war, U.S. president Barrack Obama has focused his national security team to the Asia-Pacific region in efforts to deal with the rise of China as a major global entity, which therefore calls for a redistribution of the superpowers military personnel (Gaugers and Latvian 2013, p.227). China has undoubtedly been perceived as the forefront in the redistribution of power in the international sphere, which raises many questions of whether or not the transition from and unipolar to a bipolar world of superpowers will be a peaceful shift or not. .
To outline the liberalist approach, the central theme that runs through the theory is that individuals are perfectible through democracy, all which lies behind progress, that seeks to "project values of order, liberty, justice and toleration" throughout the international realm (Baylis et al. 2011, p.4-102). Through the lens of this theory, international organizations, multinational corporations and such, as well as terrorist groups are seen as principle actors in most issue areas (Baylis et al. 2011, p.4). International institutions help facilitate communication between states and promote a nations intention, diminishing any ambivalence a county may have towards its counterparts (Friedberg 2005, p.