东亚地区秩序的演变及其展望

当前的东亚地区秩序正处于形成过程之中。未来的东亚地区秩序将是地区权力分配、地区内的制度安排以及地区认同和共有观念三种因素综合作用的结果。本文对东亚地区秩序的演变进行回顾,并对其未来的趋势做初步的探讨。     

Japan's Promotion Policy toward ASEAN Interconnections

In Japan's support for ASEAN countries' connection building can be seen its policy visions in functional positioning,geographical layout and connotation constitution.As part of a systematic policy framework,Japan supports ASEAN transregional and outside-regional connections with the Mekong subregion as focal point,pushes forward metropolitan interconnection of ASEAN countries with Jakarta a priority,promotes building infrastructure,develops rules,and constructs better external environments for connectivity,all while advancing its Partnership for Quality Infrastructure to attract ASEAN countries' cooperation.Because of Japan's economic interests and geopolitical strategy toward ASEAN countries,Japan's policy influences China's Belt and Road Initiative and China should properly respond to Japan's actions.     

THOMAS AND LUCY ATKINSON: PIONEERING EXPLORERS OF THE STEPPE

Thomas and Lucy Atkinson were pioneering explorers of the Russian, Siberian and Central Asian Steppe in the 1850s. They both wrote books about their journeys which were feted in their own time, and in particular Lucy Atkinson was one of the first women to describe travels in this region in her 1863 work Recollections of Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants. Thomas Atkinson was also an accomplished painter, and his sketches of the steppe were highly sought after in the period. However, these two trail-blazing explorers have been largely forgotten today. How do we explain this anomaly? Is there any reason we ought to know more about the Atkinsons? Why have they fallen from public view? Did they add to the knowledge of the physical world or to ethnography? This article will try to put their journeys and their achievements into some kind of context and, hopefully, make the case for a reassessment of their contribution to the history of exploration.     

新世纪俄罗斯与中东欧国家关系探析

苏东剧变后，俄罗斯与中东欧国家之间的关系先一度紧张，后有所改善。此后，中东欧国家先后加入了北约和欧盟。在此过程中和过程结束后，俄罗斯与中东欧国家之间在一定程度上仍然相互敌视，它们之间依然存在着一些矛盾，但是，如较少考虑外部因素的影响，仅从相互关系现实的各个方面来看，双方的关系正不断地加强。这既体现出俄罗斯外交越来越务实的特点，也折射出俄罗斯对外交战略层次的考虑。     

东北亚战略安全新变化与中国和平发展的理性思考

东北亚战略安全新变化根源于东北亚战略结构的演变。东北亚战略安全新变化导致中国维护国家安全压力增大,面临不同意识形态挑战的压力持续上升,与周边国家合作成本增加,国家合作将更加困难。中国维护东北亚战略安全必须以包容性增长为东北亚战略安全合作发展的前提条件;确保中国经济社会的稳定与发展是维护东北亚战略安全的基础;和平解决朝核危机,维护朝鲜半岛安全是维护东北亚战略安全的关键;发展睦邻友好关系,稳定周边环境是维护东北亚战略安全的必然选择;积极倡导探索建立新的安全合作机制是维护东北亚战略安全的最终归宿。     

Natural resource policies and standard of living in Kazakhstan

This paper evaluates Kazakhstan's natural resource policies and their impact on the standard of living of the Kazakhstan population within the framework of three determinative factors: globalization and international markets; Soviet legacy and ‘resource nationalism’; and Nursultan Nazarbayev and his authoritarian leadership. It argues that natural resource policies of Kazakhstan failed to improve the living standards of the majority of people in Kazakhstan, especially the poor and those living in oil-producing and rural areas, despite increasing oil prices and revenues. The argument will be supported with an analysis of Kazakhstan's oil wealth distribution in light of global initiatives as well as with evidence derived from official reports and statistical data to find out whether Nazarbayev's widely discussed ‘resource nationalism’ is ‘nationalistic’ enough to favour the whole nation.     

跨体系社会视野下的东南亚

文章通过人类学"跨体系社会"的视角重新审视东南亚社会,回应了当下一些热点问题,并提出"跨文化共同体"这一概念。主要结论是:"东盟方式"有其社会文化传统,是一种适应国际形势的策略;中华文化在东南亚是逐渐衰落的,中国比美国更需要"重返东南亚";在民族、社会、国家等多重互动中,文化和人格可以再调适,形成更高层次的认同,这一思路有助于全球化进程中社会的稳定和谐,也有助于民族问题的解决。     

Co-producing a post-trafficking agenda: collaborating on transforming citizenship in Nepal

This article discusses how a new agenda on post-trafficking is gaining momentum through academic and activist anti-trafficking collaborations focused on co-producing knowledge with women who have returned from trafficking situations. Co-production of this nature is important as the issues raised by post-trafficking scenarios are largely ignored in anti-trafficking strategies, and the stigmatisation and poverty which women in these circumstances encounter means they rarely have a voice in policy-making. Drawing on research in Nepal, we present four types of co-produced data around transforming citizenship post-trafficking, and reflect on the strategies for generating and using them for advocacy purposes.     

A logistics support framework: a systems-based approach to logistics planning for development projects

Logistics support plays a critical role in the delivery of quality health care services, particularly in developing countries. This study utilised systems methodology and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) analysis to develop a support framework for a Vision Centre in rural Vietnam. The methodology employs elements of both “soft” (in particular Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology approach) and “hard” systems practices to develop an accessible and robust logistics planning tool.     

Understanding food policy change in Ghana

Evidence-based policy-making has become a critical aspect of development strategy in developing countries. Yet the assumption that policymakers will automatically use available evidence may not be valid in all contexts. To influence positive policy change requires an understanding of the unique policy process and drivers of policy change in the context of a particular country and sector. Strengthening the capacity of key agricultural policy stakeholders can facilitate evidence-informed policy-making. This article documents an approach to strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians in Ghana. It attempts to measure to what extent such investments could lead to informed policy-making to promote poverty reduction. Lessons are drawn from a group of Ghanaian parliamentarians following an exposure and learning visit to India.