China's International Influence

China’s rise is accompanied by a corresponding growth in its international influence. Not only does this kind of influence have its roots in history and imagination,but it is also an inevitable result of China’s growing strength and economy over the past few decades.It is difficult to accurately quantify a country’s international influence.China’s growing international influence has its own distinct characteristics,marked by the country’s unique national interests.A more influential China is not only good for China’s own development;it is also good for the world.     

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Zhang Hong Ukraine society has been confronted with transition from socialist to capitalist sys terns since its independence. Politically its social transition can be understood as a process of building a modern state that not only involves the reconstruction of a nation-state but also involves the building of democracy-state. Social transition triggers contradictions in the historical, cultural and religious identification of Ukraine society, polemics on the road of economic development, and the crisis of po litical democracy.     

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Retrosvect of the International Situation in 2013,by DingYuanhong, former Chinese Ambassador to EU. In retrospect of the international situation in 2013, we can see that the general situation was still a complex and unrest one, which was characterized by the following aspects： the legacy of the global financial and economic crisis is apparent, as the economic recovery of the developed nations was weak, and the economic development of emerging economies and developing countries got slowdown, but the fiscal conditions of emerging economies and developing countries were still better than those of the developed nations; the Obama administration was deep in trouble with its credibility dropping, as the incident of ~＇prism＂ has caused further damage; the economy of EU was slumping, and EU as a whole was slowly declining, with an intensified internal contradiction and a lost future; new developments that would have long-term effects emerged from the Middle East turmoil; China has made significant achievements both in internal politics and diplomacy, which were taken as the brightest spots of the international situation in 2013.     

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With the date of NATO＇s International Security Assistance Forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 approaching, the contention among big powers in the region is getting more complex and intense. Such a withdrawal will not only make the US and NATO face serious challenges, but also the Central Asian region face bigger risks. Afghanistan＇s future is full of uncertainties. In view of her future strategic need in the region, China should get herself well prepared and planned for the＂post NATO era＂in Afghanistan.     

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Zhang Shengfa Grave divergence exists between Putin and Medededev on historical and realistic problems. The essence of their divergence is the difference and an...     

A Review and Reflection on the Development of Muslim Radicalism北大核心CSSCISSCI

A Review and Reflection on the Development of Muslim Radicalism Lu Zhongwei Abstract： The Islamic civilization reached its peak in the Middle Ages and has been gradually declined since then. In the past few centuries, the Islamic revival movement has been widely spreading in the world. Over the past dec- ades, the Islamic revival trends and movement in the Middle East and other regions can be roughly divided into conservative, moderate and radical factions. The radicals are advocating implementing religious extremism. The modern Muslim extremists and their terrorist activities have not only been undermining the international security, but also posing a great threat to China＇ s national security. To cope with the threat of terrorism, the international community should not only make military strikes, but also take action on the ideological level. Keywords： The Islamic civilization, radicalism, anti-terrorism.     

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The True Intention of Obama＇s ＂A Nuclear-Free World＂ Initiative,by Qian Wenrong, Senior Researcher, Center for World Affairs Studies, Xinhua New Agency, a member of the editorial board of ＂Peace and Development＂ magazine and Guest Researcher of CPDS. Since the advent of nuclear weapons, the call for their prohibition and destruction has never ceased. After Barack Obama was elected President of the United States of America, he puts ＂nuclear-free world＂ at an important place on his foreign policy agenda.     

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Liu Congying Russia＇ s national consciousness is a Russian national values based on orthodox spirit, it is also social ideal that Russia wants to achieve. The early Russian national consciousness was the ideal of the Third Rome. Russia national consciousness in the 19th century was Slavic national thought based on the official national development policy. Contemporary Russian national consciousness is adhering to the revival of the road with national characteristics. There are flaws such as selfagainst, abstraction, idealization and so on. Nowadays, Russian national consciousness development is faced with a certain difficulty, but it has profound implications for the future development of the Russian Federation.     

The U.S. Debate on Taiwan

A number of government officials and scholars in the U.S. have recently suggested that the country rethink its Taiwan policy, arguing that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan need to be reconsidered. However, the mainstream still emphasizes Taiwan’s strategic value to the U.S. and advocates maintaining the current policy on Taiwan.     

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Zhang Shengfa Grave divergence exists between Putin and Medededev on historical and realistic problems. The essence of their divergence is the difference and antagonism on different values, world outlook and state governance rooted from their different work experience, impact of Gorbechev reform as well as different family backgrounds and environment of growth. Their divergence has a particular ly important implication on the evolution of Russian domestic and foreign policies.     

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Zhang Shengfa The Issue of Russian history textbook is a chronic disease in Russian society. During the first two terms of president, Putin has repeatedly intervened history textbook issue, but failed to produce the result that he hoped. Since the third term, president Putin did it again. Putin said that Russia should com- pile a unified history textbook. He suggests that the unified textbook should has common points of historical e- vents but it can has different evaluation on specific historical events. Russia＇ s government and United Russia immediate responded to Putin＇ s words while the public made a different reaction. The aim of Putin＇ s sugges- tion is not only to unify Russian history textbooks, but also to form national ideology and unify Russian thought.     

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Summit, the United States Needs to Make ＂Five by and Wang Zhijun an Associate Professor at the Teaching Research Section on Military Law and International Relations with the PLA Army Command College in Nanjing,     

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Zhao Changqing The article makes a brief comment on several important Central Asian issues of general interest to the international community from the second half of 2008 to 2009, including politi- cal stability, impact of international financial crisis, new developments in big power game, central Asian countries＇ interrelationships, and their relations related international viewpoints. with China. It also gives a different approach on