战后国际体系的未来发展与中国外交理论

Future Trajectory of the Post-WWⅡ International System and China's Diplomatic Theory

战后国际体系经历了从分裂走向整体的过程,中国始终发挥着积极的作用。人们应一以贯之而不是分裂地看待改革开放前后两个阶段中国与国际体系的关系,中国一直是战后国际体系和国际秩序的建设者和贡献者。但在一个异质性很强的国际体系中,如何实现不同文明、价值、制度和道路之间的互相承认与尊重、和谐与共生,避免国际体系分裂对抗,仍然是国际社会的重要任务。中国与国际体系的关系是概括中国外交理论的重要样本。当前国际体系经历的从转型到定型的过程,必然也是一场知识范式革命。中国外交理论的解释体系并非只能解释中国自身、中国与世界的关系,还能解释他国与世界的关系,并为处理这种关系提供借鉴。这是中国特色外交理论在经历理论本土化阶段后,实现国际化和在外部世界的当地化过程。

This paper mainly examines the dynamic relationship between China and the post-WWⅡ international system. Different from the prevailing view, the paper argues that China has always been a contributor and constructor, rather than a challenger or revisionist, in the evolution of the postwar international system. With its growing power and global influence, China plays a more active role in transforming the sometimes incongruous international system into one that both allows the harmonious coexistence of different civilizations, political systems, social values, and development roads, and avoids the splits and confrontation like those of the Cold War era. This paper also explores Chinese diplomatic theory in the context of interactions between China and the international system. Based on the current paradigm shift of studies of the transformation of the international system, the author strongly recommends that the Chinese academia go beyond the prevailing diplomatic theories with Western characteristics, in order to make greater contributions to a more open, peaceful and equitable international system.