简介：TheendoftheColdWarhasunderminedNATO’sraisond’être.Butinsteadofdisintegrating,NATOhassurvivedand,moreover,reformedandexpanded.Anepitomeoftheswiftlychanginginternationalsecuritylandscape,NATO’sdevelopmentistheproductofpolicyadjustmentacrosstheAtlanticandisconstrainedbyconflictinginterestsbothwithinandoutsidetheorganization.Inthefuture,theextenttowhichNATOcanexertitsinfluencedependsonitscapacitytotacklenewthreats.TransformingNATOhasposedasternchallengetoboththeUnitedStatesandEurope.Overall,NATOwillstillberegardedonbothsidesoftheAtlanticasapillaroftheirforeignpolicy,despitetheimportantfactthatthetransatlanticallianceisonthedecline.

简介：TheinternationalfinancialcrisisandsovereigndebtintheUnitedStatesandEuropehighlightsanewbottleneckneverexperiencedbeforebytheWestsincetheadoptionofthecapitalistsystem.

简介：Theinternationalsystemhasundergonetwomajortransformationsinmodernhistory,firstfromaloose,scatteredregionalpatternintoacentrallyunifiedglobalstructure,thenfromBritishtoAmericandominationofsuchaglobalarchitecture.Athirdoneisunderway.East-WestcondominiumwillpotentiallyreplacethecurrentUSorWest-ledglobalorder.Basedonhistoricalexperience,thisarticleattemptstomakeaforward-lookinganalysisoftheway,directionandformoftheunfoldingtrajectorythroughexploringthegenerallawgoverningthisprocess.

简介：Whatistheinternationalorder?ProfessorZhaoXiaochundefineditasthe'standardsandspecificationsestablishedbythemembersoftheinternationalsysteminordertomaintainitsstabilityandnormaloperationaswellcoordinatingandaddressinginternationalaffairs,andactingasaguaranteemechanism,adecision-makingprocessandprovidingrulesofagenda'.ProfessorCaiTuodefinesitasthe'specificnorms,institution,

简介：Thestrategiclegacyof9/11willoutlivetheKoreanandVietnamWarsandthetwoGulfWarsbecausetheytriggeredonlyquantitativeratherthanqualitativetransformationsintheinternationalstrategiclandscape.The9/11disastersparkedtheAfghanandIraqWarsandtheglobal'waronterror,'whichasyethavenoendinsight.Ithasalreadyledtoaqualitativeoverhaulintheworldstrategicorder,affectingtheinternationalpowerbalanceandperspectivesoninternationalrelationssomuchthateventheunfoldingupheavalinWestAsiaandtheNorthAfricaknownastheArabSpringseemsminorby

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简介：Theyearof2000isattheturnofthecenturyaswellasofthemillennium.Themankindwavesfarewelltothe20thcenturyaswellasthesecondmillenniumandwelcomesthe21stcenturyandthethirdmillennium.Atthisspecialjuncture,lookingcloselyatthefuturebasedonunderstandingwhichwasobtainedfromre-viewingandsummarizingthepastandpresentworldpoliticsfromhistoricalandphilosophicalstandpoints,wecanfindthatithasbecomeanunavoidablesubjectonhowtoregardthetrendoftheworldpatterntowardmulti-polarizationandrespon-sibilityadjustmentarisingfromit.

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简介：Wang:Ibelievethattheabovecomparisonsofthetwo"warsonIraq"areexcellent.TheUnitedStateshasmadeitclearthatitspresentmilitaryactionsareaimingat"topplingSaddam."ItseemsthatWashingtonhaslongmadepreparationsfortheactions,andwilldomoreinthefuture.

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简介：TheChina-USrelationshaveexperiencedfourroundsoftransformationsincethe1970s.Therecenttransformationisofepoch-makingsignificance.PresidentXiJinping’sstatevisittotheUSconstitutesanimportantnodeofthetransformation.Thetimeofthistransformationisrelativelylonger,andhasbeenaccompaniedwithfrequentintensiveandriskygames.ChinashouldstepupeffortstobuildconfidenceandreducedifferenceswiththeUStobettercontrolallpossiblecrisesandexpandmutualcooperation.Chinashouldalsostrengthenitsgameconsciousnessandpayattentiontotheuseofwisdomandskills.