简介:Globalpolitics(includingglobalpolitico-economics)andtheinternationalorderarevastandconfusingtopicsthathaveattractedmanycommentators.IwilltrytobringsomefreshmeaninginmyargumenttodayandsoIwillfirstmakeabroadandin-depthreviewofrecentdevelopmentsinseveralmajoraspectsinordertointroducesome
简介:Theissuesofwarandpeacecapturedinternationalattentionin2014.ItwasthecentennialofWorldWarI,andthefocuswasontensionsinAsiaforthefirsthalfoftheyear.OneradicalWesternviewwentsofarastocomparetoday'sChinatopre-warGermanyinthemidstofrapideconomicgrowth,risingnationalismandabeefedupmilitary.ThehypeaboutBeijing'sallegedregionalexpansionpeakedattheShangri-LaSecurityForum(Singapore)inMay2014.However,eventsonthegroundprovedsuchglibaccusationswrong.InOctober2014,thisauthoraccompaniedseveralotherChinesescholarsinavisittosevenU.S.thinktanks.OurAmericanhostswerenotworried
简介:Inthepasttenyearssince9/11,terrorismhasbecomeagrowingthreattointernationalsecurity,andtopeople'slivesandproperty.Increasingincidentsofterrorismhaveunderlinedthefundamentalstructuralflawsintheinternationalsystem,showingthatAmericanhegemonyhasreachedacertainlimit.NotonlyhavethemajorsecurityconcernsoftheUnitedStateschanged,butexistinginternationalstrategicrelationshavealsobeenshaken.Thishasdirectlyaffectedglobalstrategicstability.
简介:TheauthorityandefficiencyoftheUnitedNationshaveweakenedleadingtoaseriousdeficitinglobalgovernance.AUnitedNationswithstrongerrepresentativeandoperationalpowersisneededtoconstructthemoreopen,inclusive,collaborativeandeffectiveframeworkrequiredforglobalgovernanceinthe21stcentury.ChinashouldandwillplayaleadingroleintheUN'sfutureefforts.
简介:Withthedeteriorationofglobalclimateinrecentyears,climatechangeremainsasahotissuetowhichtheinternationalcommunitypayscloseattention.2007couldbecalledthe'YearofClimateChange'.InApril,theUnitedNationsSecurityCouncilheldanopendebateonclimatechangeandinternationalsecurityforthefirsttime,greatlyenhancingtheimportanceofclimate
简介:Thecross-Straitrelationshaveaccomplishedhistoricaltransition,andthusenteredintoaneraofpeacefuldevelopment.The'Taiwan-relateddiplomacy',alongwithitsimplementation,isincreasinglystrengtheningitsleadingroleandbearingfruitsintheprocessofexchanges,therebycreatingafavorableinternationalatmosphereforthepeacefuldevelopmentofcross-Straitrelationsandtheconsolidationofthe'oneChinaconfiguration'.
简介:Theissueoffoodsecurityisacomplexone,and,withtheadvancementofglobalization,itisbecomingevermoreurgent.Andasclimatechangerisestothetopoftheinternationalagenda,thesecuritizationoffoodissuesisgrowingmorecomplex.Ithasturnedthespotlightontheissueoffoodsecurityandintroducesnewchallengestoeverynation.Historically,Chinahasbeenanagriculturalcountry,andthushasalwaysbeenconcernedaboutfoodsecurity,enactingvariousmeasuresandpoliciesovertheyearstoprotectitsfoodsupply.However,thereareinherentuncertaintiesandmanychallengesinthisarea.Todealwiththeproblemoffoodsecuritycausedbyglobalclimatechange,Chinaandothernationsshouldrethinkhowtheydealwithfoodsecurity,andestablishacomprehensivefoodsecuritystrategywhichengageswithotherstrategiesineconomicdevelopment,agricultureandruraldevelopment,energy,watersecurityandsocialdevelopment.
简介:FromAugust21to23,2007,ShinzoAbe,thenJapaneseprimeminister,paidathree-dayvisittotheRepublicofIndia
简介:Environmentalissues,mainlytheglobalwarming,theozonelayerdepletion,theacidrain,theairandwaterpollution,thedesertification,andthelossofbiodiversity--havecaughtattentionoftheentirehumanrace.Itisnowuniversallyacknowledgedthatenvironmentalprotectionisapoliticalandsocialproblemaswellasaneconomicone.Itinvolvesvarioussectorsofthenationaleconomyandsohasanimportantbearingonsustainableeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofallnations.