The "Key States of Small Size" Strategy

On a spectrum based on national demographics,economy and power,there are many more'small powers'than there are middle powers and big powers.Critical to China's new diplomacy is to identify and target the small powers that are key states for its strategic relations.A state such as Sri Lanka cannot truly be categorized into any of the three categories and its development outgrows traditional classification.Regarding the more than 200 states and regions in the world,China has officially stated that'relations with big powers are critical。

Multilateralism and Health Security Cooperation in East Asia

Since the end of the Cold War,the newly-emergent and recurrent infectious diseases have become a troublesome problem that human society has to deal with.New diseases emerge at an annual rate of one kind per year,while those afflicting

Good Life and Value Leadership

The way of human existence is to live meaningfully.A good life fundamentally reflects a harmonious and beautiful way of existence and state of being.People’s need for a good life is not only a question of how to meet that demand,but also of how to guide it correctly.The new era of good life is a lifestyle that abandons and transcends modernity,highlighting the human orientation of socialist modernization and manifesting the people-centered practical purpose and value implications.

Strategies,Dynamics,and Outcomes of Hezbollah’s Military Intervention in the Syrian Conflict

This paper reevaluates the political and military significance of Hezbollah’s intervention in the Syrian conflict by exploring the organization’s strategies and dynamics and the outcomes of these in the post‘Arab Spring’Middle Eastern regional order.Hezbollah deployed troops in Syria.In May–June 2013,the leadership officially began to publicize the progress of its‘just war’based on a neo-muqawama scenario in which it called for an armed resistance to the dual threats of Zionists and takfiri jihadists.Hezbollah’s operations have assisted Syrian President Bashar alAssad to stay in power,albeit at a significant military and financial cost.However,it has also resulted in a serious side effect;the erosion of the organization’s identity as the‘Lebanese national resistance’and the subsequent escalation of Sunni-Shi‘a hostilities and sectarianism across the region.This,in turn,has incited further offensives by the Sunni takfiri jihadists active in the region and a vicious cycle of violence.Nevertheless,Hezbollah should not be seen only as a‘spoiler’for political stability in the Middle East.On the contrary,despite its provocative and radical revolutionary narratives,it remains in the‘conservative camp’and seeks to pursue a political status quo so as to prevent total collapse of the balance of power in the post‘Arab Spring’regional order.

The Policies of the United States and Other Major Countries toward China and the Future World Architecture

The Sino-U.S.relations are one of the most important bilateral relations in the world.The sound and steady development of the relations not only conforms to the fundamental interests of both countries and peoples,but also contributes to the future world security order structuring.However,U.S policies towards China have been undergoing significant changes since President Trump assumed power,leading to intensifying strategic competition between the two countries and making the bilateral relationship escalate in a complex,uncertain and uncontrollable manner.In the face of enormous difficulties,more efforts should be made to stabilize and further develop Sino-U.S.relations now standing at a juncture.This has sparked a wave of discussion and debate among scholars both at home and abroad.How to view Sino-U.S.relations in a comprehensive,objective,rational and pragmatic manner has become a major subject worth further exploration and clarification.Against this backdrop,on September 19,2020,the Editorial Department of Journal of International Security Studies of UIR and the PLA Information Engineering University(Luoyang Campus)successfully co-hosted the 13 th"Expert Forum"on the subject of"Assessing Sino-U.S.relations"in Luoyang,Henan Province.Under the framework of"future development of Sino-U.S.relations and the world security order structuring",distinguished scholars and researchers from all around China discussed such major issues as difficulties and development trends of Sino-U.S.relations,U.S.domestic political landscape and its policies towards China,as well as the construction of the future world security order and China’s strategic responses.Some of the viewpoints of the scholars and researchers are now offered to our readers.

Why are Chinese Farmers So Poor?

中国农民为什么穷?第一是农民人多,人均耕地面积小;第二是他们自由独立,自私自利,无力按照现代社会的要求自己把自己组织起来;第三是他们被市场所困,行将被市场无情地摧毁。自然条件、历史文化、经济基础,这三大原因导致了中国小农的贫困和农村的衰败。中国小农靠农业致富是不可能的。在市场时代,巨大数量的、自己无力组织起来的小农陷入贫困是不可避免的,是必然的。中国两千五百年辉煌的小农经济已经走到了历史的尽头,乡村中国将日益步入绝境。自由、海选之类的药方,不解决中国农村问题,只可能火上浇油,加速拆毁政府在农村的动员组织系统,恶化原本已经十分严重的问题。唯一的解决方案就是让农民们脱离耕地,变成城市人,变乡村中国为城市中国,迅速地把中国农村人口数量减少到总人口的10%以下。