The Sacred and the Profane: Judaism and International Relations

The author contends that one helpful way to look at Judaism and international relations is to imagine a continuum with a sacred ideal at one extreme and a profane reality at the other. Drawing on historical examples, he illustrates these polarities.     

Sport and International Relations

As China takes center stage for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in August, enthusiasm for the Games extends far beyond the capital city. For Chinese, the Olympics is about national pride and cultural legacy. The Chinese government hopes to make this event a morale booster for the development of the whole country. And for the world, the Olympics is not just a global sporting event, but also an important platform for promoting worm harmony and communication between cultures. As editor of Contemporary International Relations, I am mindful of the connection between sport and international relations. Sport today plays a highly significant role in the world, and the impact of this global phenomenon on international relations is often underestimated.     

The Iraq War and International Relations: Implications for Small States

The Iraq War exposes the new shape of world politics. It discredits the idea of a benign hegemon defending world order, content to be an ‘offshore balancer’, exercising its power through multinational institutions and constrained by mutually agreed rules. Rather, the hegemon, facing few external constraints in a unipolar world, is driven by the particularistic interests of its ruling group, in the pursuit of informal empire wherein military force is used to impose client regimes and economic subordination. The impotence of both a realist power balance and of liberal institutions to restrain it calls into question the main bases of global order, leaving imperial overreach as the main limitation on hegemonic power. Small states may be able to adapt to, even temporarily profit from, bandwagoning with the hegemon, but it is they that are potentially most threatened when a hegemonic power undermines the international constraints on the use of power.     

国际体系转型与美国－塔利班关系

冷战结束以来,国际体系处于一种大变动、大动荡的局面之中。本文沿着冷战结束后美国在国际体系转型不同阶段所处的地位,梳理了与之相对应的美国一塔利班关系走向的3个阶段,即间接支持及有限接触时期（1994至2001年）、严厉打击时期（2001年“9·11”至2009年初）和交好“温和塔利班”、打击极端塔利班时期（2009年迄今）。国际社会已进入“一超多强”且“一超衰落”的新时期,美国－塔利班关系的未来走向与公正舍理中东政策的制定以及引导伊斯兰世界融入国际体系这两大要素有着紧密的联系。     

Contemporary International Relations

About Us Contemporary International Relations (ISSN1003-3408), a policy-oriented research journal, was inspired by the need for international communication in a period of rapid Chinese development; it has been published by China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations since 1990. Originally produced as a single-paper pamphlet, in     

非典对当前国际关系的影响

近来,“非典型肺炎”在全球范围内蔓延,成为继2001年“9·11”袭美事件以来又一大震撼世界的非传统国际热点问题。“非典”的冲击和影响已超出一般意义上的卫生防疫范围,波及到世界政治与经济;超出了任何一国的国内问题范围,是当前牵动国际关系大局的一个突出因素。     

International Relations in Portugal: The State of the Field and Beyond

This paper appraises the evolution of International Relations (IR) as an academic discipline in Portugal before engaging in an examination of the present state of the field. It is concerned with historical issues, associated with the discipline's journey towards its standing as a social science in its own right in Portuguese intellectual life. It considers institutional developments including those recently generated by the implementation of the Bologna framework for IR courses taught at national academic institutions. The Appendix offers an introduction to Portuguese IR publications.     

International Relations and Policy Planning: The Method of Perspectivist Scenario Building

Since thoughts about the future cannot help but enter into our planning of policy, the International Relations community should make it an aim to help systematize these thoughts. One way of doing this is by developing a methodology for scenario building. Much extant work on scenario planning shares a key weakness that is well known in traditional socioeconomic planning, namely a tendency to reify current trends. In order to break with this tendency, this article sets out an approach that we call perspectivist scenario building. We also try to illustrate the points made and demonstrate the value added for planners by reflecting on our own experience in participation-oriented scenario work with Norwegian bureaucrats and politicians in the framework of a broad-scoped national scenario project for the Norwegian Government in the period between 1998 and 2001, called Norway 2030.     

浅析文化在国际关系中的作用

文化在国际关系中的作用随着冷战的结束而突显出来。本文从国家、国际和全球三个层面来具体分析文化在国际关系中的作用。在国家的层面上 ,文化既是一个国家制定政策的背景 ,又是国家实力的一部分 ;在国际层面 ,文化是霸权国家和反霸权国家间斗争的重要方面 ,与国际合作和国际冲突有非单向的关系 ;在全球层面 ,全球化催生的全球文化对国际关系会起到良性的作用。最后 ,探讨了中国在国际关系中可资利用的文化资源。     

Domestic Politics and International Relations

In reviewing the history of portions of international studies I reflect on how we might best advance knowledge. I dwell on two issues: questions of method and the urgency of refocusing our efforts on leaders and domestic affairs as the centerpiece for understanding the world of international relations. I argue that scientific progress is best made by combining three methodological approaches in our research: formal, mathematical logic to ensure internal consistency in arguments about complex and contingent relations among variables; case studies and archival research to evaluate verisimilitude between theory and action; and statistical analysis to establish the generality of the hypothesized relations among variables. Often such methodologically diverse and progressive research will best be accomplished by encouraging collaboration rather than by perpetuating the current norm of penalizing co-authorship especially among junior scholars. I offer concrete examples of advances in knowledge achieved through the employment of mathematical reasoning and statistical analysis as many have cast doubts about the substantive contributions of these particular approaches. My perspective is, of course, personal and may not be shared by many others. I set out my thoughts, therefore, with the hope that they will stimulate constructive debate and dialogue and that they will serve to integrate diverse approaches to international affairs.     

宗教与当代国际关系

从国际关系作为一门学科在西方诞生以来,宗教一直是被西方国际关系理论界所长期忽视、边缘化甚至放逐的研究对象,然而,在当今国际政治和国际关系中,宗教日益成为跨地区和跨国界现象。自冷战结束以来,世界上几乎所有的重大事件或多或少均有宗教的背景和动因,因此不重视宗教就无法理解国际关系。     

美国国际战略和国际关系研究中心

美国国际战略和国际关系研究中心于1 962年成立,是现在美国国内规模最大的国际问题研究机构,总部设在华盛顿。该研究中心是一个非党派、非政府的民间国际问题研究机构和免税组织。40多年来,国际战略和国际关系研究中心一直以宣传世界各国领导人关于现实中的重大国际问题和对未来的全球性问题的战略观点和政治决策为工作重点。该研究中心与很多国家的政要保持着密切的接触,与世界各国的3 0多个知名研究所有项目合作。国际战略和国际关系研究中心的研究成果受到世界各国的重视,尤其是美国国会十分看重国际战略和国际关系研究中心的研究能力,认…     

Gestalt Ontology in International Relations: The Case of European Integration

This article proposes a new interdisciplinary perspective in international relations (IR). It suggests that contributions from perception studies can help us reconceptualize some elements of IR. Specifically, the article takes up the concept of Gestalt and applies it to European integration. The Gestalt laws and phenomena demonstrated by European integration can be identified in other examples of regional integration, as well as in various international organizations, or alliances. They also provide insight into other features of IR, such as the international order. The Gestalt approach per se may contribute to the development of a psychological constructivist theory of IR.     

有关女性主义国际关系研究的争鸣与探讨——"社会性别与国际关系"研讨会综述

近十多年来,在国内国际关系学研究走向多元化的总体趋势下,女性主义国际关系研究的成果不断涌现,作为女性主义一个核心概念的社会性别与国际关系究竟存在怎样的联系的问题不能不引起学者的思考.在上海外国语大学国际关系与外交事务研究院召开的"社会性别与国际关系"小型研讨会上,从事国际关系理论和全球化研究的学者围绕着社会性别与国际关系研究在国际关系学中的定位、其学术渊源、基本议题和关注热点以及在国内外发展的现状和国内学者的评价等议题进行了讨论.     

伊拉克战争对国际关系的影响

推翻萨达姆政权并控制伊拉克和中东的石油资源,扫除在美国实现其独霸世界目标道路上的障碍,是美国发动伊拉克战争的主要原因。美对伊战争的胜利将使美国的霸权地位得到进一步巩固和提高,对未来世界格局的走向产生深远的影响。     

全球化对当代国际关系的影响

人类社会的全球化进程始于近代资本主义的对外扩张 ,西方资本主义国家在全球化的发展过程中始终扮演了推动者的作用。全球化的发展透视出一个以经济为中心 ,逐步向政治、文化等领域扩散的发展态势。西方国家在推动全球化发展的过程中 ,利用其资本、技术、信息和组织的优势 ,一直谋求把资本主义的经济模式、政治制度、价值观念和西方文化推向全球 ,构建西方发达国家主导的世界秩序。     

信息全球化对国际关系的影响

信息全球化、网络化的发展深刻地影响着人类生活的各个方面 ,这已成为时代的特征 ,同样它也影响到国际关系的发展 ,为国际关系注入了新的内容 ,使信息霸权成为威胁国际社会和平与稳定的新形式 ,因而加强信息技术已成为各国国际战略的重要内容。