The Abstracts of Vol.2,2015
Releasing Time：03.16.2015Source：
Features of African Security Situation and New Perspective of China-African Security Cooperation
He Wenping
Since the end of the unrest in Northern Africa and the War on Libya, the overall security challenges Africa faces are getting sever, involving not only such traditional security issues as civil wars and armed conflicts, but also the threats brought about by the spread of terrorist acts and the undercurrents of tension fermented in the “Arc of Instability”. The spread of Ebola epidemic has sounded the alarm of African public health crisis. With the development of China-African cooperation deepening, African security is getting more closely related to China, which has made China have to attach more importance to cooperation in security with African countries. This author has proposed the thought for China to participate in the construction of African peace and security from several perspectives, which is worth of reflecting.
The Rationality of SCO’s Security Cooperation and its Transformation
Liu Ying
SCO is a major multilateral security organization of Eurasia, which confronts not only the traditional security threats, but also multiple non-traditional security impacts brought about by the process of globalization. The new features emerged from the security system of the international community have required SCO to make innovation and transformation of its cooperation concept on the basis of the existing security cooperation spirits. This paper has summarized the basis of the mutual trust mechanism within SCO and the basic factors of its security cooperation concept, emphasizing that SCO’s security cooperation transformation should take the “Shanghai Spirit” as the main basis, the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Russia as the major driving force and the “New Security Concept” as the core spirit so as to achieve the overall security cooperation transformation through the transformation of economic cooperation under the guidance of the concept of “Silk Road Economic Belt”.
The Expansion and Renovation of the Non-traditional Security Concept
Chu Zhaogen
With the fast overflow of security concept, the contents and forms of security have undergone continuous changes. The transitions from traditional security to non-traditional security, from unilateral security to collective and common security, from single security to comprehensive security, from zero-sum security to cooperative security, from pursuit of absolute security to seeking relative security, and from practical security to sustainable security, have reflected not only the expansion and deepening of security concept, but also the renovation and revolution of security concept, whose significance could not have been overestimated. This author has traced the historical development of security concept and the features of security studies, believing that the evolution of non-traditional security concept in its practice is to bring a ideal and better future for the mankind.
“Party Centralism” in India’s Modernization Process
Wang Heng
Contrasting the conclusion from the theoretical perspective of “Society Centralism” that “there is a lack of leadership in India’s modernization process”, this paper believes that the “Congress Party” had been the organizing force that dominated the transition of India’s national systems in the two modernizing phases of “sovereignty shaping” and the “state building”. India’s modernization process led by the Congress Party accords with the features of “Party Centralism”, whose experience revealed that in backward countries, there is a certain inevitability for the revolutionary parties to dominated the transition of national systems; only those peoples’ parties that have broad social basis can dominate the transition of national systems, and political parties should make transitions in their ideology and organizational structures to adapt to the changing reality.
Review of the Abe Administration’s Southeast Asian Policy
Liu Yanan
Since his reelection to office, Abe has taken the Southeast Asian countries as chief targets for wooing, and strengthened Japan’s relations with them in economy, military and values, trying to piece them together to form a containing circle on China with the help of the US “Asian-Pacific Re-balancing Strategy”. Although the ambition of the Abe administration is hard to realize, China should be on guard against its adverse impacts.
“Double Paradox” in State-building and State Failure: As in the Case of DRC
Yan Jian
State failure refers to the suspension or reversion in state-building. This paper has reviewed the basic connotation of the state-building theory and discussed the issue of “double paradox” existing in the state-building process. Based on this “double paradox”, the paper analyzed respectively the two phases of state-building in DRC since its independence so as to probe generally into the causes that have led to state failure in DRC. It is concluded that “personalized state power” cannot sustain the state building process, but poses the biggest barrier to the latter.
Analysis of the Democratic Transition in Egypt from the Perspective of Authoritarianism
Mao Zhihao
As the development and evolution of political systems have the characteristics of path-dependency, social development, till the Morsi period, in Egypt had been colored by authoritarianism since the Nasser era. Against the tide of democratization, as the authoritarianism model declined gradually, political, economic and social contradictions in Egypt are mushrooming, which has made the democratic transition in Egypt full of unrest and violence. The democratic transition in Egypt should be based on reality, so as to transit from authoritarianism to democracy, overcome the social contradictions and achieve the healthy functioning of democracy and social progress.
Contemporary Interference by the Military in Politics in Egypt from the Perspective of the “Praetorian” Society
Li Ruiheng
From the 1952 revolution to the recent political changes in Egypt, the military has play a critical role in Egyptian politics, making the interference by the military in politics a phenomenon that cannot be ignored in Egyptian modernization process. Going into the root causes, one may find out that Egypt is in the Praetorian social structure of pan politicization, which has provided the suitable hotbed for interference by the military in politics. This paper, with the help of the Praetorian Social Theory from the political science, has reviewed the causes of interference by the military in politics at different times of the contemporary Egypt, and analyzed the challenges Serhiy regime faces in the process of social de-praetorianization in Egypt.
Security Challenges Faced by the “Silk Road on the Sea in the 21st Century”: the Revelation of the “Milky Way Incident”
Xu Ke
As the “Silk Road on the Sea in the 21st Century” is an important strategic move by China in the new era to positively shape a harmonious external environment of cooperation and peace, and deepen the economic relations with the Asian and African countries, it is of first importance to ensure the safety and security of the sea lanes. As the “Milky Way Incident” that occurred in 1993 has indicated, China’s sea lane security is fragile and China should make great efforts in resolving her “weaknesses” in economy, diplomacy and military to ensure long term prosperity of the “Silk Road on the Sea in the 21st Century”.
The Interference of the US in Transnational Direct Investment and its Revelation for China
Shi Yan
The US government has interfered to some extent in the overseas direct investment by its companies and the direct investment by foreign companies in the US to serve its strategic objectives, political interests and economic goals. Both China and the US are powers with independent external strategies and great overseas interests. But as China is at the stage of deepening her internal reforms and in the period of adjusting her foreign investment policies, and China’s external direct investment pattern is just forming, it is imperative for China to interfere reasonably in transnational direct investment to help achieve her external strategic objectives and economic goals, and do better in her strategies of “Going Out” and “Bringing In”. In the policy designing and argumentation, we should refer to the US experiences and adapt them to China’s reality to deal with the three pairs of relationships, namely industries upgrading vs. employment stability, supervision and regulation vs. opening up, and strategic interests vs. business interests.