进攻性现实主义与中国外交

进攻性现实主义是一种具有较强政策内涵的理论。一旦美国依进攻性现实主义思维行事,则会对中国的和平崛起产生较大负面影响。为此,中国应该转换国家安全战略,加快中国国际身份建构和树立负责任的大国形象,同时还必须发展必要的保护自己战略利益的手段。     

两司与清末外交

清末,随着西方列强对中国侵略的步步深入,地方官员办理外交事务者逐渐增多,并且范围不断扩大,进而两司发展为近代中国独特的地方交涉机关。两司作为地方行政事务的主管机构,在地方外交事务中发挥了重要作用。清政府利用两司办理外交事务,既能贯彻其外交在外的行政方针,又能满足其天朝上国的虚骄心理,更解决了地方无外交机构的弊端。     

大学思想库建设的国际经验及其走向

以思想、观念、文化为核心的＂软实力＂是当今世界各国新的竞争点,思想库作为国家思想创新的动力和源头是＂软实力＂竞争的关键。在现阶段发展进程和社会大环境下,中国的大学思想库最具备成长为具有国际影响力的大国思想库的必要条件。在理想的发展图景下,大学思想库在发展壮大的同时将推动大学自身的发展;发挥思想创新、政策建言、影响舆论的重要作用;逐渐承担起为政府培养人才的作用;成为公共外交和国际政治传播的主力军。应从前瞻性和建设性的高度,切实加强大学思想库建设。     

Winning the story war: Strategic communication and the conflict in Afghanistan

In conflicts of the information age success in the application of force depends less on the outcome of tactical operations on the battlefields but more on how the war's purpose, course and conduct is viewed by public opinion at home as well as within the theatre of operations. Therefore western allies in Iraq and Afghanistan are not only involved in a physical struggle but also in a struggle over perceptions, for no long-term engagement of troops is possible without support from home, nor can a counterinsurgency succeed without the support of the local population. While the ability to exert influence upon various relevant target groups – opponents, the local population and the home front – has always been crucially important during conflicts, with the more recent globalized media this has led to previously unknown potential opportunities to influence audiences. With the intermixing of target audiences and the successes achieved by terrorists in the field of communication, the importance of the ideological struggle has increased enormously. In this context the concept of strategic communication has become relevant, which refers to the consistency of strategy, activities, themes and messages, and the aim of obtaining legitimacy and support. The heart of a strategic communication strategy is formed by a strategic narrative, a compelling storyline which can explain events convincingly and from which inferences can be drawn. Through a case study about the effectiveness of the execution of strategic communication during the mission in Afghanistan, the author wishes to increase the understanding of the concept.     

Challenges facing U.S. government and Department of Defense efforts in strategic communication

Without entering the debate about exactly what strategic communication is or should be, this article enumerates challenges facing efforts to inform, influence, and persuade in pursuit of national policy objectives first for the U.S. government in general, and then specific to the Department of Defense. With the problem space thus defined, the article then offers a handful of solutions and suggestions, including requiring desired information endstates as part of commander's intent and separating efforts to manipulate and deceive from truthful efforts to inform, influence, and persuade.     

The new PR of states: How nation branding practices affect the security function of public diplomacy

This paper investigates how the role of public relations practice in public diplomacy is undergoing a transformation as a consequence of the influence from nation branding. A case study of the Danish government's response to the so-called Cartoon Crisis illustrates how the threat from international terrorism to national security initially served as a catalyst for new public diplomacy initiatives. But as the initiatives were implemented within a framework of nation branding the focus on risk reduction became subjected to a marketing logic and a new focus on economic objectives took over. The paper points to a possible future status of public diplomacy under the influence of nation branding: Public diplomacy may maintain a function pertinent to national security but as this function is incapable of managing real risks it will only serve as auto-communication that legitimizes security policy towards a domestic audience. In the public diplomacy efforts towards transnational publics the link to national security will completely disappear whereby the public relations of states is transformed to the marketing of states.     

The death of bin Laden: How Russian and U.S. media frame counterterrorism

This study explored how Russian and U.S. newspapers covered the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011 through the lens of framing theory. Results reflect significant disparity in how media in different countries covered the same event, suggesting that terrorism events were framed as national concerns rather than global issues, thus potentially limiting governments and the media from building a shared understanding with international audiences. The findings also indicate that more robust media relations efforts are needed to counter simplistic media counterterrorism frames. Finally, the study identified new frames for counterterrorism including secrecy and humanizing terrorists. These new frames suggest the need to expand the framing literature to provide a better understanding of how the media cover counterterrorism, which may impact the U.S. government's public diplomacy and counterterrorism efforts.     

西周与西王母建交考

西王母是商周时期活动于我国西部地区的羌族部落,曾被西周册封为诸侯国.西王母之邦的册封是我国西北民族发展史的重大事件.     

论思想库在美国当前对华政策中的影响与作用——兼论中美开展"思想库外交"的必要

在厘清思想库基本内涵的基础上,着重阐明美国外交与安全思想库对美国外交与安全政策制定特别是在对华战略制订方面的影响和作用,并提出我国加强与美国外交与安全思想库交流的若干建议。     

张荫桓与中日《通商行船条约》

张荫桓,晚清著名政治家、外交家,光绪宠臣,一代才杰,动关晚清时局。１８９６年受命与日本代表签订中日《通商行船条约》,为挽回利权,曾作个人努力。