Abstracts for Volume 6 of Peace and Development in 2014

The Positive Energy China Serves as in Promoting International Trust

[Abstract] The interpersonal and international relations in China have always been based on trust since ancient times, and the five principles of peaceful coexistence and the “Chinese Dream” of great revival are also about relations between countries based on trust. Trust is the premise of everything in China and promotes its new relationship patterns with the US and European countries in terms of mechanism and economics. China’s neighborhood diplomacy of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness that is based on trust has successfully resolved the disputes over territorial sovereignty and maritime rights in the Asia Pacific region. China has developed in a peaceful environment built on the basis of trust and assumes its international responsibilities to promote the solution of world hot issues such as the Iranian nuclear with the trust-oriented mindset.

[Key words] New pattern of relationship between great powers, “one road one belt”, the Thucydides’ trap, Bled Strategic Forum

[The author] Li Zhaoxing, former minister of Foreign Ministry and chairman of the CAIFC

[Received date] 2014-12-04

New Ideas of the Diplomatic Strategy of China since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

[Abstract] A series of new ideas of the diplomatic strategy have been proposed and developed since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and they are guiding the transformation and upgrade of China’s diplomacy. The “Chinese Dream” spurs development and innovation of diplomatic strategy ideas while coordinating the domestic and international spheres. It connects China with the world, guides the great dream of the Chinese diplomacy, and protects for its realization. The “great-power diplomacy with Chinese characteristics” emerged in this context to strengthen the top design of diplomatic work and planning of bottom line thinking strategies; the overall national security concept, the Asian security concept, the nuclear security concept, the information sovereignty concept and network space order concept, and the marine cooperation concept were proposed as strong steps to make up for the “security weakness”. China has taken the initiative to strengthen strategic planning, has put forward the key strategic thought of building “One Belt One Road”, including strengthening political negotiation, road connection, trade link, currency circulation and people-to-people understanding, and has adopted the neighborhood diplomacy of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness to create a new vibrant era of Chinese diplomacy.

[Key words] China’s diplomacy, new strategic ideas, Chinese Dream, “great-power diplomacy with Chinese characteristics”, peaceful development, win-win cooperation, community of common destiny

[The author] Chen Xulong, director and researcher of Institute for International Strategic Studies of China Institute of International Studies; Su Xiaohui, deputy director and associate researcher of Institute for International Strategic Studies of China Institute of International Studies

[Received date] 2014-11-01

Competition and Adaptation of China and the United States in the Western Pacific

[Abstract] There is an almost fundamentalist view prevailing in the US: the US is a maritime power, while China is a continent power. The US regards the goal of China to build itself as a maritime power as a challenge to its dominance in the western Pacific. The two sides run into a sharp disagreement concerning the issues of the East China Sea and the South China Sea. In the East China Sea, the US shifts from obscurity to clear strategy towards the issue of Diaoyu Island. In the South China Sea, it tries to push the controversy toward the multilateral and international scope. However, this does not mean that there is no possibility for the two countries to reconcile in the western Pacific. The competition will surely lead to strategic showdown.

[Key words] “Divided rule of ocean and continent”, the Sino-Japanese dispute over the Diaoyu Island, the issue of South China Sea, competition and adaptation of China and the US, the U.S.-Japan Security Pact

[The author] Tao Wenzhao, member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

[Received date] 2014-11-03

Current Security Challenges of China in Central Asia and Policy Thought

[Abstract] As an important neighbor of western China, Central Asia is increasingly important for the long-term stability, sustainable economic development and social prosperity of the northwest China. After the Cold War, a series of major changes have taken place in the geopolitical landscape of Central Asia, with a variety of traditional and non-traditional security threats appearing constantly, serious ethnic and religious problems, and fierce competition among great powers. For China, how to fully perform its role as a reliable strategic partner for Central Asian countries and effectively cope with the challenges from various security threats is not only China’s historical responsibility for maintaining regional stability and development, but also a need for it to create a favorable peripheral environment for important strategic opportunities.

[Key words] The security environment in Central Asia, “the economic belt of Silk Road”, East Turkistan Islamic Movement, “three forces”, “Islamic State”

[The author] Guo Junping, secretary general of Gansu Association for International Friendly Contact and deputy director of Institutes of Central Asia; Xu Tao, researcher in Institute of Russia of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations; Hu Aijun, vice chairman of Gansu Association for International Friendly Contact and director of Institutes of Central Asia

[Received date] 2014-11-18

Security Situation in the South China Sea under Sovereignty Dispute and Its Direction

[Abstract] With external great powers’ increasing intervention in the affairs of the South China Sea, the sovereignty dispute has been intensified and the security situation has become increasingly intense, with obviously increase in the risk of military conflict and war. However, the factors that contain military conflict and war are enhanced at the same time, making large-scale military conflict and war least likely to occur. In the future, the sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea will still maintain a certain heat, but the various parties involved will pay more attention to the maintenance, development and utilization of vested interests.

[Key words] The security situation in the South China Sea, sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea, military conflict

[The author] Sun Jianzhong, professor in the Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies; Xu Liang, professor in the Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies

[Received date] 2014-11-19

Implementation of the US’s Asia-Pacific Rebalancing Strategy and Its Prospects

[Abstract] The “Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy” of the Obama administration has a significant strategic intent and economic intent, but its prospects remain uncertain as it is subject to the impact of America’s fiscal situation, state of global security, attitudes of Asian countries and China’s development process. However, the Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy has posed challenges to China in terms of military security, surrounding environment, political influence and ideological sphere. China needs more strategic patience in responding to the Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy of the US.

[Key words] Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy, the security situation in northeast Asia, challenges to China, U.S. national security strategy report, the dispute over Diaoyu Island, US-Myanmar relations

[The author] Chen Jimin, associate research fellow in Institute for International Strategic Studies of Party School of the Central Committee of CPC

[Received date] 2014-10-20

Power Game under the Context of Ukrainian Crisis and Its Impact on International Security Pattern

[Abstract]  In November 2013, a large-scale anti-government demonstration occurred after Yanukovych announced that Ukraine refused to sign the free trade agreements with the EU. Followed the demonstration were stepping down of Yanukovich, referendum of Crimea to join Russia, and declaration of independence by Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, and the armed conflict in the eastern region of Ukraine. The Ukrainian crisis can be attributed to a complicated history and realistic conflicts which include domestic conflicts of Ukraine and the gaming between great powers such as Russia, the United States and Europe. Sorting the evolution process of the Ukrainian crisis and analyzing the Ukrainian domestic factors and the interaction between such great powers as Russia, the United States and Europe may help to draw judgements concerning the future trend of Ukraine and new changes in the international security strategy pattern and also offer insight to China’s response to the Ukrainian crisis.

[Key words] The Ukrainian crisis, gaming between great powers, international security, the Putin government, the relationship between Russia and Ukraine

[The author] Gao Fei, professor and director of Russia Research Center of China Foreign Affairs University; Zhang Jian, doctoral student and research associate in Research Center of China Foreign Affairs University

[Received date] 2014-11-17

The Nuclear Strategy of International Nuclear Terrorist Organizations and the Global Strategy to Prevent Them

[Abstract] At present, terrorist organizations and terrorists have more accesses to nuclear materials, nuclear technology and nuclear weapons, and they successfully combine nuclear weapons with extreme terrorist forces and evolve into nuclear terrorism organizations. Instead of using nuclear weapons directly as their top priority, well-organized nuclear terrorism organizations may use them as a strategic means like countries to achieve their political intention. Faced with the potential serious nuclear terror threat from non-state actors, the international community needs to strengthen international cooperation and build a universal, efficient and authoritative global prevention system as soon as possible.

[Key words] Nuclear terrorism organizations, regional prevention mechanism, global prevention system of nuclear terrorism, International Atomic Energy Agency

[The author] Du Binwei, associate professor of Wuhan Institute of Administration and postdoctoral fellow of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

[Received date] 2014-09-18