孝、心安与法院判决中的“精神赡养”

传统社会中的孝包含养和敬两方面内容。现代社会,法律主要通过关于赡养费的规定来实现养的部分。近几年法院试图通过判决子女的探望义务,即精神赡养来实现敬的内容。但精神赡养离传统中的敬还有一段距离,因为孝的实现必须有相关制度加以保证。传统社会中,孝具有较强的政治色彩,不仅有礼作为制度化的表现,而且有法为其提供赖以存在的条件。礼和法不仅实现了孝中的养,而且促成了孝中的敬。在不具备这些条件的情况下,精神赡养并不能真正实现孝所要求的敬的内容。     

弘扬以爱国主义为核心的中华民族精神

在五千多年的发展中,中华民族形成了以爱国主义为核心的精神系统.爱国主义是中华民族精神的核心内容,它渗透在中华民族精神的各个方面:团结统一是爱国主义精神在国内的表现;爱好和平是爱国主义精神在国际上的表现;勤劳勇敢是爱国主义精神的实际行动;自强不息是爱国主义精神的不竭动力.中华民族精神的这几个层面相辅相成,共同服务于爱国兴...     

论联合国集体安全体系所面临的问题

《联合国宪章》所确立的集体安全体系与国际联盟的有关规定相比，有着意义深远的进步。然而，随着国际形势的变化，宪章的设想暴露出了这样那样的缺陷，从而使得执行联合国集体安全体系职能面临一系列问题：联合国集体安全体系的政治基础不稳，使得集体安全体系赖以存在的“大国一致”原则难以得到实现；对行使集体强制行动的法律前提缺乏权威性的统一解释；联合国集体强制军事行动所需军队无法建立，联合国维持和平行动缺乏应有的法律规范。对以上几个方面的原因进行分析，有利于国际社会进一步完善联合国集体安全体系，使之对人类的和平与安全发挥更大的作用     

略论21世纪的世界大趋势

本世纪最后10年发生了苏联解体、海湾战争、科索沃、危机、南斯拉夫分裂、东南亚金融危机、欧洲统一、北约东扩、美日安全同盟再定义等全球性事件,这些事件标志着冷战时代的结束.21世纪,世界政治经济形势将呈现全球化趋势加强、世界经济欣欣向荣的局面,世界和平仍可确保.     

维和行动与国家主权

在尊重国家主权的基础上,维和行动形成了同意、中立、自卫等基本原则.实践中,维和行动在这些基本原则的指导下,为解决国际争端作出了巨大贡献,其本身也不断得到丰富.然而由于国际形势的复杂性,加之维和行动本身的缺陷,使之在发展过程中出现了蜕变现象.为了促进维和行动的健康发展,第一,在处理国家冲突中,仍要强调对国家主权原则的严格遵守;第二,各国共同协商,完善维和行动的法治化;第三,明确维和行动所处的地位,不能对之期望过高;第四,应支持维和行动的合理变革.     

Leonard Woolf,the League of Nations and Peace Between the Wars

Co‐founding The Political Quarterly was one among many of Leonard Woolf's achievements during a long career as a progressive political thinker and publicist, particularly in the field of international affairs. To mark the centenary of the publication of International Government, his most innovative and influential work on the subject, this article seeks to assess Woolf's contribution. It examines the Fabian background to Woolf's work, his support for and approach to the League of Nations and his commitment to collective security as an approach to peace. Through a broader understanding of the League it argues that certain failings in the area of collective security, however profound, should not be permitted to blight an otherwise impressive intellectual legacy.     

Measuring the Ambivalence of Religion: Introducing the Religion and Conflict in Developing Countries (RCDC) Dataset

Despite ample anecdotal evidence, previous research on violent conflict has found little evidence that religion is an important factor in organized violence. Quantitative work in this area has been largely confined to the interreligious character of conflict and measures of religious diversity, and has strongly neglected the peace aspect of religion. The Religion and Conflict in Developing Countries (RCDC) dataset helps to fill this gap with innovative and fine-grained data for 130 developing countries between 1990 and 2010. RCDC includes four types of religious violence (assaults on religious targets, attacks by religious actors, clashes between religious communities, and clashes with the state). In addition, RCDC contains data on interreligious networks and peace initiatives. This article demonstrates the usefulness of RCDC by applying our data to a preliminary analysis. The results indicate that interreligious networks are a reaction to identity overlaps and previous interreligious conflict.     

Dealing with the Ambivalent Dragon: Can Engagement Moderate China’s Strategic Competition with America?

Can US engagement moderate China’s strategic competition with America? This study indicates that the answer is a qualified yes. Under unipolarity, a rising state may face both incentives to reach an accommodation with the hegemon and to expand its own stature and influence against the hegemonic dominance. The ambivalence of its intentions is structurally induced and reflects its uncertain stake in the hegemonic order. Consequently, a strategy of engagement may help the hegemon to promote cooperation over competition in dealing with an ascending power, but it does not necessarily eliminate the structural incentives for the competition. Against this theoretical backdrop, this study utilizes both qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate that China’s reaction to American preeminence has long been marked by a profound ambivalence. Specifically, the findings suggest that while US engagement has some restraining impact on China’s competitive propensity, Beijing will continue to hedge against American hegemony, as its capabilities grow, by solidifying its diplomatic and strategic association with the developing world.     

对我国在建设责任政府过程中加强居安思危未雨绸缪能力建设的思考

建设责任政府是我国转变政府职能的重要内容,而要建立责任政府,就不能仅仅关注于对问题的解决及出现问题后的责任追究,它还必须更关注于对问题的预防,对潜在危机的消除。这就必须加强政府居安思危、未雨绸缪的能力建设。为此,政府不仅要提高领导者的相关素质,更重要的是要创新体制和机制,要在建立有效的政策监督、评估机制、建立权责明确的组织体系、加强政策研究机构建设等方面加大力度。     

关于时代主题的再思考

时代主题是对时代发展进程的深入把握。时代主题内容的确定,必须以时代特定发展阶段的主要矛盾为依据。只有这样,我们才能深刻领会将和平与发展概括为现阶段时代主题的必然性与科学性,也才能对当前时代主题是否发生了变化作出正确的回答。