Putin’s Dream of a Eurasian Union: Background, Objectives and Possibilities

Russia is trying to establish a Eurasian Economic Union with a Free Trade Area under the CIS, a Customs Union and a Unified Economic Space under the framework of the Eurasian Economic Community. Its ultimate goal is to achieve integration of former USSR satellites and make it into one of the world’s top powers.     

Value and Politics of China and Russia

The 17th National Congress stressed that the Party must keep to the path of political development under socialism with Chinese characteristics. Since the introduction of the reform and opening up policy, China＇s economy has developed quickly, supplementing its political construction. Progress in the economy and political development have raised China＇s confidence and made the Chinese system more attractive to the rest of the world. Though China＇s political development has been achieved under the correct democratic development viewpoint, difficulties may yet arise, and China may need to look outside to other political achievements; importantly, China has the confidence and determination to make its political development harmonious, orderly and effective.     

Speech by Mr. Eda Satsuki at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Understanding and Cooperation Dialogue

Today we convene a great international forum under the strong leadership of the Chinese side. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the sponsors for granting me an opportunity to speak here.     

中国对非洲农业援助管理模式的演化与成效(英文)

This article attempts to sort out the evolving process of the management pattern of China’s agricultural aid to Africa to analyze how China’s development experience has been applied to its aid to Africa and how China has been exploring sustainable assistance under the framework of efficient development aid from the perceptive of management of its agricultural assistance to Africa.     

The international community should do more to help Africa

Cooperation with Africa under the background of globalization is an important but also interesting topic. Globalization is changing the world,including Africa and international relations as well. Against such a background, it is meaningful to discuss how to strengthen, the cooperation between the international community and Africa.     

Russia''''s Third World Policy

The status of the Third World in Russian foreign policy plummeted in the immediate post-Soviet years, during which Moscow pursued a "Look West" policy. When the design of the West to contain and weaken the country came to light however, vigilance heightened in Moscow and timely foreign policy readjustments were under way by raising the weight of the Third World. Russia intends to use the resulting boosted ties as a prop to its pursuit of an equal partnership with the     

China-U.S. Relations： Harmony without Conformity

In order to develop China-U.S. relations , we must enhancestrategic mutual trust. But the strengthening of mutual trust cannot be achieved overnight. Besides, due to differences in history, national interests and development strategy, the level of trust that the two countries can reach is limited. Then, under the premise that strategic differences exist between China and the     

HISTORICAL LESSONS AND COMMON EFFORTS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE

The victory over fascisim in the Second World War was won 50 years ago withthe sacrifice of millions of lives and enormous bloodshed on the part of the peo-ple over all the world.It signifies the breakup of the old world order under thedomination of imperialist powers,a strong impetus to the advance of the globalforces of peace,a powerful stimulus to the upsurge of the movements for democra-cy and national liberation and a deathblow to the colonial system.By creating fa-     

Conducting Chinese Diplomacy Under New Circumstances——Fully Understanding and Implementing the Spirit of the 18th CPC National Congress

The year 2013 will be the first year in the implementation of the spirit of the 18th Party Congress. We should fully understand the new thoughts, new ideas and new judgments put forward in the Report to the Congress concerning China’s external work while continuously striving to improve diplomatic theories and practices with Chinese characteristics and doing a better job under new circumstances.     

Letter of Congratulations from H.E. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé,Chairman of the Togo Union for the Republic and President of the Republic of Togo

<正>On 12 August,the International Civil Society Solidarity Conference on Global Development Initiative is held in Beijing under the theme of working together to build a global development community and deliver on the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.I am very pleased and honoured to congratulate President Xi Jinping and the organisers for the success of this Conference.     

Congratulation Letter on the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China From Boris Tadic,Former President of Serbia

正China NGO Network for International Exchanges,I would like to extend my warmest and sincerest congratulations to the Chinese government and people on the 100 th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The past seven decades witnessed the great achievements that China has made as a peaceful, stable and prosperous society on the global stage under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.     

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Parmership： Origins,

Still under the influence of the financial, economic and debt crises ~and facing considerable pressure from competitive emergingeconomies, Europe and the United States are preparing to revive the ＂Transatlantic Common Market＂ and initiate a ＂Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership＂ （TTIP）. The initiative signals an attempt to integrate trade and investment structures and further coordinate policies so as to mutually cut economic and trade costs, stimulate growth and preserve the two sides＇ respective positions in the global economy and trade system.     

Sino-US Relations： Dependence and Fragility

The twenty years after the end of the Cold War have witnessed a transformation of the mode of Sino-US relations from Security Issue-dominated to Complex Interdependence. Today, conflicts of interest between China and the US can be classified and resolved through normal channels, which protects the roots of good Sino-US relations instead of constantly placing them under threat. However, shifts in the relative power of the two countries, and shifting preferences in their interests continue to highlight the fragility of Sino-US relations. China needs to manage this fragile relationship carefully if it is to achieve its aim of a peaceful rise.     

Pragmatic Interaction between Big Powers

Lu: It is very difficult to summarize the relationship among bigpowers in 2004. Looking east, there existed a "small cold war" named by some media between Europe and Russia and between the United States and Russia; with regard to the "orange revolution" in Ukraine at the end of the year, a rival show was displayed between America, Eu- rope and Russia. Looking east, a fresh scent seems to fill the air: under the Six Party Talks, China, the United States, Russia and Japan joint- ly discus…     

Obama's Middle East Policy

Obama's Middle East policy comes to its epilogue with the end of his 8-year White House tenancy.An aspirational speech in Cairo in 2009 and the shrinkage of US military in the Middle East in 2017 are the bookends to a shelf of events and decisions that are already being parsed and judged by historians and foreign relations experts.Bringing democracy to the Middle East is no longer a major US goal.When measured against the Pivot to Asia-Pacific and a potential pro-Russia foreign policy under Republican President Donald Trump,the Middle East is now seated as a second violin in American foreign policy.     

Characteristics of China''''s Foreign Policy:Putting Peace First

Having entered into the new century, the world is marked by unfathomable vicissitudes. The artful maneuver of China's foreign policy under this backdrop attracts wide attention. And this must be attributed to the fact that China's diplomacy highlights "pe…     

韩国深化与北约关系：动因与影响（英文）

Since the early 2000s, the ROK and NATO have defined the framework of their dialogue and cooperation. By deepening relations with NATO, the ROK intends to highlight its pro-Western identity and growing international status, enhance its military capacity, and garner diplomatic pressure on the DPRK into denuclearization. The closer ties between the two sides under the Yoon administration are expected to accelerate NATO’s foray into the Indo-Pacific and undermine regional balance of power, while im...     

Abe Government's Development Aid Strategy towards the Greater Mekong Subregion

Since 1977 with the application of the Fukuda Doctrine to Southeast Asia,successive Japanese governments have continued a regional strategy of development aid.When Japan's massive aid in the 1980s-1990s transferred Japanese manufacturing to Thailand under the "Flying Geese" paradigm intended to help developing countries catch up with developed ones,it was the major external factor in Thailand's economic take-off and contributed to post-Cold War domestic stability in neighboring Laos,Cambodia and Vietnam.Beneficiaries of Japanese development aid,these countries introduced policies of reform and opening to the outside world.The Greater Mekong Subregional Cooperation Projects supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB) were at the hub of that progress.     

U.S. will Continue to Prioritize U.S.-Sino-Japan Balance

strategic games played out between China and Japan are inextricably linked to the U.S.＇ Asia-Pacific strategy. From a historical perspective, changes in Japan＇s domestic politics today can be traced back to the 1945-1951 reforms when Japan was under the control of the U.S.. The Diaoyu Islands dispute is directly related to the U.S.-Japan peace agreement in 1951 that excluded both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. While current changes in Sino-Japanese relations are also connected to some structural factors like changes in the balance of power between China and Japan and Japan＇s domestic politics edging to the right, another important external cause that should not be ignored is the U.S. effort to rebalance to the Asia-Pacific. Therefore, in order to improve Sino-Japanese relations, we should not only try to find the causes and relative countermeasures from both sides, but also we should properly understand those factors originating from the U.S., particularly the U.S.＇ Asia-Pacific strategy.     

Disintegration and Remodeling of the Islamic World by Western International Order

Irreparable consequences to Middle East geopolitics ensued as the political systems in the Islamic world declined in a process that began under the persistent infiltration and influence of the Western ideal of nation-state.Three progressive stages in this conceptual transformation show how longstanding multinational imperial systems in the Islamic world disintegrated after the introduction of uone nation,one staten forced upon Middle East states an unrealistic model and eroded the principle of supremacy of sovereignty that had just been established.Interventionist theories that took hold meant that the Islamic world's self-transformation has never caught up with the demand of Western strategies.The Islamic realm has failed to achieve what it set out to do because political systems that would have been adaptive to the reality of the Islamic world had collapsed.