论中国经济实力的运用问题

中国近年来并未因经济实力的上升而在对外关系中处于明显的优势地位,反而在国际政治中受到越来越大的压力,"实力上升"和"处境变差"成为了中国经济外交实践中愈加尖锐的矛盾。这主要在于中国的经济实力尚未充分利用,没有转化为对外关系中的实际影响力。经济实力运用过程中的国内损耗和实力资源跨部门流动受阻是造成这一困境的根源。因此,只有明确国家利益,综合运用大战略和策略,加强内部协调和对外战略机制建设,经济实力才可能得以有效运用和发挥。     

Selling perestroika and new thinking to Southeast Asia: Gorbachev at his persuasive best

This article examines the Gorbachev regime's strategies in reorienting Soviet foreign policy toward the nations of Southeast Asia. It reviews and evaluates the tactics of public diplomacy and persuasion which Gorbachev and his advisers utilized extensively in their attempt to construct a new Soviet agenda toward Southeast Asia.     

Sino‐French relations: Historical alliance vs. economic reality

Abstract

In an increasingly integrated international economy, nation-states are, of themselves, no longer the prime containers or coordinators of political–economic activity. The extra-territoriality of states and the blurring of the boundaries between states and firms, for example, have been captured in analytical concepts such as ‘triangular diplomacy’ the ‘web of global interdependencies’ and ‘cosmopolitan democracy’. Such trends have become visible in what have been termed mega-urban regions or zones of economic integration or of graduated sovereignty. Moreover, such zones are held to illustrate non-traditional or cooperative inter-state relations. This paper utilizes Stopford and Strange's (1991) Stopford, J. and Strange, S. 1991. Rival States, Rival Firms: Competition for World Market Shares, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar] notion of ‘triangular diplomacy’ to interpret the development of one such zone – the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore growth triangle (IMS-GT). The paper argues that whilst embodying elements of cooperative inter-state relations the development of the IMS-GT also highlights the persistence of the ‘traditional’ concerns of inter-state relations. It also uses the notion of triangular diplomacy to draw attention to different models of social order sought by multinational enterprises (MNEs).     

The concept of flexible engagement and the practice of enhanced interaction: Intramural challenges to the ‘ASEAN way’

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This article examines the challenges to the diplomatic and security culture of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as posed by Thailand's spurned proposal for ‘flexible engagement’ and the pursuit of ‘enhanced interaction’ by some ASEAN members in intramural relations. It asks whether these challenges should be understood as turning points in the way in which regional leaderships in Southeast Asia interact. The article argues that while the ‘ASEAN way’ is indeed changing, this change, at least for the moment, focuses mainly on extending the range of issues and contexts traditionally defined as internal affairs in which other ASEAN governments may now legitimately become involved. Considerations about ASEAN cohesion, regime security and regional influence do not suggest an imminent or complete abandonment of ASEAN's diplomatic and security culture. The likelihood that enhanced interaction will continue to be pursued by ASEAN leaderships should therefore not be seen to imply that principles such as quiet diplomacy or restraint have already become obsolete.     

科学发展观维度下的中国环境外交新战略构建

中国是最大的发展中国家,也是一个环境大国.环境外交已成为中国外交的重要组成部分.文章探讨了科学发展观与中国环境外交新战略的内在联系,并考察了科学发展观指导下中国环境外交的实践.指出中国应尽快构筑科学发展观维度下的环境外交新战略.     

PAX SYRIANA: THE STAYING POWER OF BASHAR AL ASSAD

The staying power of Bashar al Assad and the ability of his state to outplay their regional and international enemies have come as a surprise to many. Rather than just the Russians and Iranians being responsible for this there was a coherent strategy to win back not just the territory but also the alliances that it temporarily lost during the course of this war. And unlike Saddam after the first gulf war, Bashar al Assad is already remerging fast as a regional player again. Veteran diplomats such as Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski had cautioned against a fight against Assad, so had seasoned academics such as David Lesch and Patrick Seale. Whilst many experts had predicted the fall of Assad within weeks in 2011 a careful reading of the Lebanese war and Syrian regional policy would act as the best guide to answer how Assad has managed to stay in power despite all the odds. A combination of his father's legacy and regional alliances has helped him a great deal. The ethnic and sectarian fault lines of Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Palestine have all contributed to his success including receiving support from virtually all stake holders of relevant neighbours such as the Shia and Christian of Lebanon, the Palestinian factions, the Alevi and Arabs of Turkey, the Sunni or Iraq. An ability to divide his opponents both on the battlefield and diplomatic table was the main factor that turned the tide in favour of Assad along with the obvious military support from Russia and Iran, but also by key Arab states such as Egypt and Algeria.     

国际非传统安全领域中的日本公共外交

冷战结束后,与人类共同利益密切相连的国际非传统安全领域日益受到各国的关注。公共外交以政府主导、面向公众、公开性、真实性为主要特征,以塑造国家形象为最终目标,在非传统安全领域有广泛的施展空间。日本作为二战战败国,实现政治大国的手段有很大的局限性,因此,它通过公共外交在非传统安全领域投入了巨大的人力、物力、财力,在国际社会上树立了良好的国家形象。但其传统外交的制约及外交政策的功利性也使日本公共外交失色不少。日本公共外交的成功与不足之处,对我国的指导意义是:建立中国特色的公共外交体系,采取多样化的手段、有针对性地开展公共外交。     

理想与现实的交织——美国毒品外交的兴起及其外延与内涵评析

美国毒品外交是20世纪之初美国大国外交的内容之一。伴随着美国毒品外交政策的实施,以多边合作为特征的国际禁毒运动也应运而生。美国毒品外交除了具有理想主义外交的独特外延,更有着其强烈追求国家利益以及服从国家战略需要的内涵所在。对外延与内涵两个方面予以考察,应是探析美国毒品外交乃至整个美国外交政策的一个不容忽视的重要视点。     

A community of practice: explaining change and continuity in ASEAN's diplomatic environment

Despite change in the aims, institutions and informal diplomacy of ASEAN since 1997, the formal diplomatic code of conduct remains locked in a traditionalist mode first outlined in the 1970s. Existing approaches from mainstream International Relations theorising are unable to adequately explain this continuity and change. The recent ‘practice turn’ in theorising offers distinct explanatory advantage, which this article illustrates by arguing that the formation of an ‘ASEAN rationality’ between 1967 and 1997 fundamentally curtailed the ability of regional diplomats to revise ASEAN post 1997, resulting in the coexistence of new and old norms in ASEAN's organisation design.