简介:China’spoliticalsecurityhaspassedseveretestsaftertheendoftheColdWar.IthaswithstoodWesternpoliticalpressureandovercomepoliticaldifficultiesafter1989.FacedwiththecommonthreatoftheformerSovietUnion,theWesterncountriesusedtosupportChina’seconomicdevelopmentandpoliticalstabilityintheclosingyears
简介:Aquietpoliticalreformwithfar-reachingimpactbeganinDeng’slifeearlybackin1980,barelytwoyearsafterhisassumptionofthehelmofthestate.Withmemoriesofthetenchaoticyears(1966-1976)stillfreshandbitterlessonsofGorbachev’sblunderofrashglasnost(openness)beforeperestroika(reform)vivid
简介:InMarch2017,NarendraModiledhisBharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)tovictoryinstateelections,amongwhichhegainedparliamentaryelectionofUttarPradesh(stateinnorthernIndia),knownastheweathervaneofIndianelections.Backin2014,theBJPhadalreadywonasimplemajorityinLokSabha(thelowerhouseofparliament),bringinganendtomorethan30yearsofcoalitiongovernment.Now,theBJPisexhibitingstrongerpresenceasaone-party-ruleatbothfederalandlocallevels,withnocounter-balancefromtheIndianNationalCongress,localparties,orleftwingpartiesnoworintheforeseeablefuture.ThisincreasesthelikelihoodofModi'sre-electionasprimeministerin2019.Obviously,Indianpoliticaldevelopmentischaracterizedbycomplexity,accidentalfactorsandintrinsiclogic,whichwilldefinitelyexertgreatinfluenceonthefutureofIndia.
简介:Innovationinnationalgovernancedependsonextensiveparticipationinpolitics.Humanbeingsliveinpoliticsandparticipationinpoliticsistheonlywaytheycanemancipatethemselves.Participationinpoliticsnotonlyreferstoaseriesofspecificactionsinvolvingpeople’spoliticalparticipation,butalsoreflectsaseriesofpeople’sappealsinhumanrights.
简介:InthiscollectionofRenminUniversityLawReview,thecriticismfrommycolleagueProfessorHuangXiangonmyworksOldCountryinNewFate:ClassicalConfucianPoliticalPhilosophyunderAncientandModernChineseandWesternReferenceispublished,togetherwiththeresponsefromProfessorLinMingzhaoofDepartmentofPhilosophy,TaiwanUniversity.ThefocusofthediscussionishowtounderstandConfucianism,andhowtotreattherelationshipbetweenmetaphysicsandpoliticalphilosophy,etc..Whatistherelationshipbetweenthisdiscussionandlaw?Iwouldexplainbelowandrespondtothecriticismtwoprofessorsbriefly.
简介:In2013fourcharacteristicsdefinedthesituationintheMiddleEast—political"chaos"intheArabworld,"fluxandreflux"betweenmoderateandradicalIslamists,geopoliticalshockscausedbythewithdrawaloftheU.S.,anduncertaintyovertheIraniannuclearissue.TheinfluenceofvolatilityandnewlyregroupedgeopoliticalfactorsmeanthesituationintheMiddleEastwillremainturbulentforarelativelylongtimeunlessdeep-seatedresolutionofmajorissuesinvolvesmaturegovernance.
简介:War,asasocialphenomenon,isstudiedunofficiallybymostdisciplinesofsocialsciences.Thisisduetothenatureofthewaritself,whichisanextremelyinterdisciplinaryphenomenon.Incommonthought,warisassociatedexclusivelywiththescienceofhistory,butinitsessence,thisphenomenonalsoincludeseconomicsandpoliticalsciences.Warundeniablyaffectsthepoliticalandeconomicprocessesinthestate,bothinanegativeandpositiveway.Often,alsothestrategiesofthestate’spoliticalactivitiesandplansforeconomicdevelopmentareconditionedbytheoccurrenceofwarsandarmedconflicts.
简介:TheLaborpartyledbyToniBlairwontheBritishelection,achievingaconsecutivethirdvictoryforthefirsttimeinLabor's100yearsofhistory.AndBlairbecamethesecondPrimeMinsterwhoholdsconsecutivethreetermsafterWorldWarⅡ,followingMrs.Thatcher.ButBlairmaystepdownduringhisthirdtermjustlikeMrs.Thatchertoo.Blair'spositioninBritishpoliticshasbeguntofluctuateaftertheelection,andmanyvariableshaveoccurred.
简介:OnFebruary1st,theUSHouseofRepresentativesopenlypassedtheso-calledTaiwanSecurityEnhancementAct"(TSEA),indisregardoftheChinesegovernment’sfirmoppositionandsolemnrepresentation,theoverallsituationofUS-Chinarelationsandtheacceptedcriterionofinternationalrelations.ItnotonlycrudelyinfringesChina’ssovereigntybutalsotremendouslyunderminestherecov-eringrelationsbetweentheUSandChina.TheChinesegovernmenthasshownitsstrongindignationandobjectiontoit.