孔子学院对公共外交的启示

公共外交作为近年来我国外交工作新的增长点和着力点,越来越受到人们的关注和重视。其概念引自国外,但在翻译过程中却被很多人误读。实际上,“公共外交”并不是一个新创概念,而是“人民外交”在新时代的延伸和发展。孔子学院近年来的快速成长,搭建了公共外交的新平台。实践告诉我们,与其争论“公共外交”的概念,不如找准定位,创新模式,锻炼队伍,提升能力,为中国特色的公共外交闯出一条活力奔放的发展之路。     

略论青岛特别高等专门学堂的设立与运行

二十世纪初在青岛建立的特别高等专门学堂是德意志帝国推行对华文化政策的一项重要成果。德国殖民者希图通过这所学校对中国文化施加影响,从而获得长久的利益。这所学校最初由德国外交官首先倡议建立,德国海军殖民当局对这一倡议给予了积极支持。在学校的建立和具体办学事宜上,德国殖民者都竭力扩大自身的影响,但实际上,这所学校在中国的影响力并不仅仅取决于德方的意愿,更取决于中方的选择与接受程度。     

美国霸权的历史成因及其现实问题

美国霸权的获得是一个历史演进过程,它既根源于美国超强的国家实力和持续的创新能力,也离不开在国际战略方面对世界霸权的追求和谋划,这其中包括对实力的崇尚、对世界大战的利用、倡导"国际规范"、保持对地缘政治的关注、掌控联盟体系及对潜在竞争者的遏制和打击等。当前,随着美国国内力量基础生变、国际战略调整失误和外部环境的演变,美国霸权正在步入结构性式微阶段,有可能成为影响世界和平与发展的一个风险因素,其何去何从引人关注。     

留美幼童对近代中国外交事业的贡献

近代中国首次大规模学习西方先进科技的幼童留美计划虽半途夭折,但回国后任职于外交界的留美幼童,作为近代中国新一代外交官,在“弱国无外交”的艰难屈辱中,仍然在维护中国领土完整、铁路主权、华人利益以及力争合理议结教案和索回部分庚子赔款等五个主要方面,有力地捍卫了国家主权和民族利益,加速了近代中国外交现代化的进程。     

21世纪初印度大国理念框架下的亚太外交战略

自独立以来,印度始终在追求大国目标。印度认为,要实现大国目标,首先要走出南亚,其次要冲出亚太,最终才能成为世界一流强国。进入21世纪,印度对本国实力进行了评估,实施了灵活的对外战略以实现其冲出亚太的目标。本文分析了新时期印度对大国理念的传承,对不同历史时期印度的亚太战略进行了简要梳理,详细分析了当前印度的亚太平衡外交及其对印度的重要意义。     

关于1963年中阿边界条约谈判进程中的“冷”与“热”现象之探析——以中国外交部新近解密档案为主

1963年,中国政府和阿富汗王国政府就两国边界问题进行了谈判。在谈判过程中,阿富汗的态度由前期的＂热切＂转向后期的＂冷淡＂。本文主要利用中华人民共和国外交部新近解密的档案对这种变化进行解读,总体上认为是1962年中印边界冲突直接导致了阿富汗态度的＂冷＂、＂热＂变化。这种变化一方面是阿富汗为了继续保持中立地位而在中印两个地区大国之间不得不采取的策略,另一方面,也是阿富汗维护国内稳定和发展需要的表现。     

温室气体减排与中国的环境外交

在围绕温室气体减排的问题上,国际社会展开了复杂的斗争。作为世界上现排放温室气体总量第二、温室气体排放增量最多的国家,中国已经成为举世瞩目的焦点。在温室气体减排问题上,中国面临巨大的国际压力。与此同时,我们也应看到,中国如果要在国际社会上树立一个负责任的大国形象,消除＂中国威胁论＂,那么应该也能够为国际社会做出自己的贡献。我国应以温室气体减排为契机,实现经济增长方式的转变。＂共同但有区别的责任＂应成我国在全球气候谈判中的指导原则。     

灾难外交与民族冲突解决的路径选择——以印尼和斯里兰卡为比较样本

本文主要讨论灾难外交对于一国国内民族冲突进程的影响。针对以往研究仅仅将灾难外交视为解决地区冲突的契机之论点,本文认为,当自然灾害达到一定严重程度,灾难外交可能成为解决冲突的关键变量。通过对2004年印度洋海啸后印尼和斯里兰卡民族冲突的经验对比研究,我们发现在其他条件相似的情况下,由于自然灾害对两国民族冲突双方力量对比影响的差异性,导致了各方解决冲突的政治意愿、谈判中的政治立场等决定冲突走势的根本性因素发生不同的变化,最终两国的民族冲突选择了不同的解决路径。     

Can World System Theory predict news flow on twitter? The case of government-sponsored broadcasting

Social media platforms provide world governments with the opportunity to distribute news content from their broadcast channels directly to foreign publics [Wallerstein, I. (1974). The modern world system. New York: Academic Press] World System Theory, which has successfully explained and predicted the structure of international news flow, is now being challenged. Specifically, these social platforms undermined assumptions regarding the one-way flow of information toward audiences and the exclusive institutional nature of the players in the international system. This study examines the unique case of government-sponsored news media and its international news flow. It finds that while the structure of the international news flow on Twitter exhibits a hierarchical core–periphery structure, non-institutional actors (e.g. bloggers) conformed less than institutional players (e.g. governments and news media) to that structure. This study also found that non-institutional actors assumed the role of bridging news sources and audiences, a role traditionally reserved for a small minority of elite news media. The growing and diversified pool of information mediators resulted in a more fragmented network of news flow, siloed, rather than interconnected. Research findings are synthesized and analyzed in the context of international broadcasting and social media scholarship.     

Russian public diplomacy in the 21st century: Structure,means and message

Many studies have focussed upon Western countries, such as the United States and members of the European Union, and how they engage with foreign publics. There is also an increasing amount of attention being paid to non-Western countries. The debate on soft power, for instance, shows that the concept is perceived and applied in a manner that differs from Nye's vision. This present article seeks to examine and analyse how and why the Russian state engages foreign publics with different communicational means and methods. Relations and approaches are much more pragmatic in the current situation, ideology seems to have been discarded. The current foreign policy concept gives context to positioning Russia, which not only gives Russia a certain role, but one that is set in relation to other international actors. Although, not all countries are treated the same, a different approach based upon a different set of assumptions produces a different understanding as to what programmes and means are needed. This produces a difference in approach between Western countries and those countries on the territory of the Former Soviet Union.