Great Power Competition: International Comparison of Comprehensive National Strength among Major World Countries

Author: Huang Shofeng
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The 21st century is an era of comprehensive national strength competition. In today's international competition, a country's strength or weakness does not depend solely on its military or economic power, but more on its comprehensive national strength. General Secretary Jin Zetian pointed out: "In the current world, the competition for comprehensive national strength, based on economic development and guided by technological innovation, is becoming increasingly fierce." To ensure that our country remains invincible in this competition, it is necessary to study the development status of the comprehensive national strength of major countries in the contemporary world. This is a matter of common concern to the entire nation, and this book was written to meet this need. Following the guidance of Professor Qian Xuesen, this book applies the principles of systems theory, chaos theory, synergetics, dissipative structure theory, and modern natural sciences to study new theories and evaluation methods of comprehensive national strength. It also employs a "meta-synthesis method" that combines qualitative and quantitative analysis, expert knowledge, and simulation calculations to conduct an international comparison of the comprehensive national strength of 15 major countries in the world, as well as to propose some countermeasures and suggestions for enhancing China's comprehensive national strength.