South Asia policy of the US in the 21st century: Security, energy, economy

The US which has emerged as the sole super power after the collapse of Bipolar World System started to pay more interest towards the Southern Asian countries against China that is a rising power in Asia. China has the power to be a rival to the US, which is highly likely to change the balances in the global power politics. Because of its strategic position the region has been tried to be controlled by the super powers by means of several cooperations. Ethnic diversity of the region caused conflicts which led destabilization. In this phase of destabilization the US supported the development of the two biggest countries namely India and Pakistan and tried to prevent a potential war considering the future of the region while trying to balance China. After the 9/11 attacks the USA carried out security-driven policies aiming to combat terrorism, in the 21st century has been used as a means to combat terrorism in global and regional policy. China's economic enterprises in Southern Asia caused the US worry about probable change of power balances in the region. While trying to balance China the USA has dealt with the problem of Iran and Afganistan. Owing to the memberships of Pakistan and India to the Shangai Cooperation Organization and Turkey's relations with both countries put that there are much more factors to be consider for the US in order to influence in the regional politics. Keywords: USA, South Asia, India, Pakistan, China