Global Development Deficit and China's Governance Practices
Wu Zhicheng & Liu Peidong
As economic globalization deepens and domestic problems become more globalized, it is increasingly urgent for the international community to tackle the worldwide development deficit. With remarkable progress achieved since its reform and opening-up, China has the wisdom, capability and experience to address the deficit and make a greater contribution to solving the development challenges facing the world.
China's Participation in Middle East Security Affairs in the New Era: Propositions and Practices
Sun Degang & Wu Sike
During its participation in Middle East security affairs, China has formulated a series of distinctive propositions that embody the major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics and China’s concept of global security governance. As the international community expects China to be more active in Middle East security governance and provide public security goods, China will continue to explore new approaches for the soft landing of Middle East conflicts.
The Cross-Regional Impact and Direction of Proxy War in Libya
Dong Manyuan
The Libyan War is essentially part of the struggle between secularism and the Muslim Brotherhood in West Asia and North Africa, presenting distinct characteristics of a proxy war. The involvement of state and non-state actors inside and outside the region with conflicting geopolitical and geo-economic agendas has had cross-regional implications that jeopardize regional stability and development.
US Perception of and Response to the Digital Silk Road
Zhao Minghao
With the orientation of great-power strategic competition as the core, the United States' perception of the Digital Silk Road is dominated by Cold War thinking and political prejudice. Despite the whole-of-government and cross-domain approach to counterbalancing the Chinese initiative, the US faces obstacles to pushing forward the "digital Cold War" aimed at suppressing China's economic and technological influence.
China-Latin America Belt and Road Cooperation: Challenges and Paths for In-Depth Progress
Project team at the Institute of Latin American Studies, CICIR
As a major component of South-South cooperation, China-Latin America cooperation provides a reference for developing countries to address their governance dilemma. With the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative playing a pioneering role, only by optimizing and upgrading cooperation in an innovative manner can the goals of connectivity firmly take root in Latin America.
Right-Wing Conservative Force in the United States and the Trump Administration's China Policy
Zhang Jiye
The US strategy of comprehensive competition with China under the Trump administration has been worked out when the conservative force tends to have a negative perception of China and the China policy is determined by hardline populists and conservatives. No matter which political party takes power, the right-wing conservative force will exert great influence on Washington's China policy.
Abe's "Total Settlement of Japan's Post-War Diplomacy" and its Dilemma
Lyu Yaodong
As Japan's guiding foreign policy proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the "total settlement of post-war diplomacy" aims to revise the "post-war arrangements" and reconstruct the regional order centered on Northeast Asia. Without truly addressing the historical issues, the settlement based on historical revisionism is bound to encounter many constraints in its implementation.
Moon Jae-in Government's Independent Strategy: Progress and Challenges
Bi Yingda
As the Moon Jae-in government's independent strategy is implemented, the inter-Korean relationship has picked up, and there have been easing signs of the situation on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea will not stop its quest for national independence, but how to fulfill the objective in foreign policy and security while maintaining the alliance with the US will be a test for South Korean politicians.