Abstract:

While the nineteenth century is known as the English Century and the twentieth century as the American Century, the 21st century we live in is called the Chinese Century, the Asian Century, the Pacific Century, the Pacific Age, and the Asia Pacific Century. The bipolar world order under the domination of the USA and the USSR, which was established with the Cold War Era after the Second World War; With the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was replaced by a unipolar world order under the leadership of the USA. However, since the beginning of the 2000s, the balance of power in the world in economic, commercial and political terms has been changing in favor of Asia; A strong argument expressed as "the rise of Asia" has been voiced by wide circles. These Asian-centered macro developments, which point to a change and transformation on a global scale, mean the end of Western domination, which lasted for hundreds of years and identified with imperialism, hegemony and colonialism, or, with a more moderate approach, curbing the West with new balances of power. In the light of this argument, this study aims to present a future projection about and a comparative analysis of the current and future situations of the two poles centered in Asia and the West, in the light of parameters such as countries' GDP ratios, global import and export amounts, military power and defense expenditures, population ratios, and cross-cutting thematic issues. The data obtained show that the thesis of the rise of Asia, which refers to the majority of the continental states, especially the People's Republic of China, is an emerging theory unless there are extraordinary developments.

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