简介:AstheColdWarhaspassedintohistory,China’snationalsecurityisnowfacedwithanewinternationalenvironment,inwhichthebipolarconfrontationhasdisappearedandthedangerofanewworldwarhasfurtherreceded.China’scurrentsecuritycanbesaidinabetterconditionthanatanytimeduringtheColdWar.
简介:RapidgrowthofChina’soverallnationalstrengthaftertheendoftheColdWarhasattractedworldwideattention.Asaconsequence,politicalscien-tistsofvariouscountriesbegintoponderoveraquestion:whetherwillChi-naseekexternalexpansionwhenitbecomespowerful?In1992,therebegantoap-pearamythofso-called"Chinathreat".InitsNovember28issueofthatyear,the
简介:Remarkableadjustmentsinforeignpolicyhavebeenmadehythe33LatinAmericancountries,themajorinfluentialonesinparticular,sincetheadventofthe1990s.TheinperativeformakingdrasticpolicyadjustmentsoriginatesfromtheurgentneedtomeetthechallengesresultingfromtheendoftheColdWarandthetransformedworldpowerbalance.
简介:Asweenterthe1990’swiththeendoftheColdWar,LatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanregionhaveundergonespectacularchangesinthecapricioustrendofevents.Asawhole,thesituationintheregionhastakenaturnforthebetter,butitschronicailmentsremain.Therearestillunpredictablefactorsonitsroadofde-velopment.
简介:ThedramatictransitionfromColdWartoworldpeaceisnotsomethingaccidental,butaninevitableoutcomeoflong-termevolutionofworldpoliticsandeconomics.Asaresultofthetransition,allcountriesoftheworldhavebeguntopaygreaterattentionnotonlytotheireconomicdevelopmentassuch,butthe
简介:TheendoftheColdWarandthetransitionfromglobalbipolaritytomultipolari-tyhaveexertedanunprecedentedlyprofoundimpactonSoutheastAsiasincetheSecondWorldWar.Thesubregionisexperiencinganewtransformationwithintra-subregionalstaterelationsandtherelationshipbetweenindigenousnationsandthemajorpowersundergoinganewroundofreadjustmentandrealignment.