简介:UnitedNationsSecretaryGeneralKofiA.AnnanisgoingtocompletehissecondtermofofficebyDecember31thisyear.Althoughthedayissometimeaway,competitionforthepositionofthenextsecretarygeneralhasunfoldedwithinandoutsidetheUnitedNations.Giventheimportanceofthepostwhichhasabearingontheorientationandfuturedevelopmentoftheorganization,andduetothedifferentapproachesandpoliciestakenbythepartiesconcerned,thereisboundtobeasharpcontentionamongthevariousparties.
简介:Europeisnowfacingadifficulttime,withasluggisheconomy,refugeecrisis,frequentterroristattacks,plusBrexit.Whatalotofpeopleviewedasarichandsafeparadisehasnowturnedouttobesomethingelse.Althoughthedebtcrisisiscurbedatthemoment,economicproblemsremainandwillgiverisetomorecrises.Therefore,Europe’scrisesarefarfromover.Inasense,theyarejustbeginning.
简介:AlthoughChina’scoreinterestsintheMiddleEastareeconomic,theseareinterwovenwithitsotherinterestsincludingthoseintheareasofpolitics,strategy,securityandoverseasinterests.Becauseofthesignificantgapbetweenitsinterestsanditsinfluence,ChinashouldadoptanewstrategyintheMiddleEast,onethatisdifferentfromthosethatotherpowershaveemployedintheregion.
简介:SomechangeshaveindeedtakenplaceininternationalsituationfromSeptember11toIraqwar.Changesinbigpowerrelationsinparticularhavegivenfoodforthought.TodayⅠwouldliketofocusonthechangesintherelationsamongChina,RussiaandtheUnitedStatesaswellasmyconsiderationofChina’sdiplomacy.Whenwetalkaboutchangesintherelationsamongthethreena
简介:Theworldwillcontinuetochangeradicallyoverthenextfivetotenyears.Thecurrent'onesuperpowerandmanypowers'orderwillchangetooneofmulti-polarity.Relationsbetweenmajorpowerswilltakeonanewshape.Therateofchangewillstarttoacceleratebutthesechangeswillcontinuetobepeacefulandincremental.Competitionwillintensifyoverwhowillsettherules.Chaos,disorder,uncertaintyandeventurmoilwillgrowmoreapparentintheinternationalsecuritysituation.Thiswillmakenationsseeknewsecuritystrategiesandmechanisms.
简介:ChinaandtheU.S.haveinitiatedaseriesofbilateralandmultilateralactionstodealwiththeNorthKoreannuclearcrisis.Inthelong-term,bilateralcooperationwilldependonPyongyang’sactions,U.S.attitudeonthenuclearissue,NorthKorea’spositioninChina’sgrandstrategyaswellasthebalancebetweenSino-U.S.strategiccompetitionandcooperation.