  The subject of international institutions and power politics continues to
occupy a central position in the field of International Relations and to the
world politics. It revolves around key questions on how rising states, regional
powers and small states leverage international institutions for achieving
social, political, economic gains for themselves. Taking into account one of
the rising powers China and the role of international institutions in the
contemporary international politics, this paper aims to demonstrate, how in
pursuit of power politics, various states (Small, Regional and Great powers)
utilise international institutions by making them adapt to the new power
realities critical to world politics.
