2006: Global Political and Security Report (Includes CD-ROM)

Author: Li Shenming Wang Yizhou
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Some major events in 2005 left deep marks and added new variables to the global political and security landscape at the beginning of the new century. Some were extensions of previous trends and logical inevitabilities, while others were abrupt leaps and qualitative changes in contradictions, and some were unexpected troubles and newly emerging risks. As the fact that no one predicted the dissolution of the Soviet Union demonstrates, international politics inherits the rich and multifaceted characteristics of humans (including all their flaws); this book comprehensively and accurately summarizes what has just happened and offers reminders about future possibilities. This book is primarily written under the guidance of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, predicting the international situation for the coming year. It mainly covers topics such as the overall direction of international security in the new era, great-power strategic relations, China's regional security, third-world issues, the characteristics of international terrorism, political parties in various countries, Western international relations, and the compromise mechanisms in international relations.