Zhang Yun: The great powers and surroundings in regional governance

Zhang Yun

Professor of the School of International Relations of Jinan University/Overseas Chinese Research Institute, Director of the Southeast Asia Research Institute of Jinan University;

Research direction: international relations theory, regional governance, Southeast Asia research;

Masterpiece: "Regional Governance in International Relations: Theoretical Construction and Comparative Analysis".

In the 21st century, the existing UN international rules are constantly challenged by various major international events. The original global governance system in the original United Nations has gradually been reshape. Although there are many uncertainty, the major power of the international relations pattern is the pattern of international relations pattern. Shaping still has a decisive role. Regional governance is an international community practice based on regions with various countries such as large countries, small and medium -sized countries, etc., mainly based on different geographical environment, civilization inheritance, and ethnic distribution. Among them, how can the early empire's governance methods be transformed or reshaped in the secondary system that the "post -empire" participation or dominating? How can this way of governance be affected by the international environment or domestic politics? How does it affect the international system of the second or regional region today? In the research on the regional governance of the "post -empire", through the interaction of the interaction of major national ethnic group policies and peripheral relations, the inheritance, reconstruction and occurrence mechanism of the regional governance of the "post -empire" will be discussed. On nationalism and regionalism, a bridge for "comparative politics" to the research of international relations is built, and then related research is promoted.

The area is not only geographical space, but also the identity and shaping of social and political identity. Regional politics in the era of economic globalization is usually covered by global politics. With the changes in the global system, global governance shows a trend of regional regression, and the importance of regional powers of the "post -empire" has increased in its regional power structure, becoming the main role in the regional power system. Returning to the regional country) may become more and more realistic to carry out constructive management of regional affairs through specific regional mechanisms. In the turning of global governance areas, European and American countries still maintain free competition and cooperation mechanisms in their respective regions. For example, the United States still enjoys hegemony in North America, and the original European powers such as Germany and France have formed a regional cooperation mechanism with the European Union as the link. Although the modern international system that originated in Europe in Europe is considered global and has taken over the world since the end of the Cold War, more and more non -Western plans show that There is no law that follows the law of power of the modern international system, and there is a two -track "national country" system with homogeneity and the "post -empire" governance system. The ethnic policies of the regional power are a two -way interaction relationship with surrounding diplomacy. Informal co -concepts, shared ethnic culture and non -governmental relationships still play a role. In the process of modern state construction, a regional country that undertakes the imperial heritage is the main holder of the regional power structure. This power structure is not only a natural leftover of imperial governance, but also the product of the regional world into the modern international system.

Since the end of the Cold War, the international relations of the "post -empire" are usually replaced by the international law principles of the "civilized standards" priority. Non -Western and especially Asian international relations narratives have been wrapped in it. However, from the non -Western regional country transformed from the classical empire to the modern country, in the process of integrating the global modern international order that integrates Western Europe, it presents the characteristics of a clear combination of modern countries and the empire. After the emergence, most of the regional powers reshaped the regional power structure through their own natural endowment, geopolitical structure, and historical and cultural, and through the regional governance of the "post -empire", developing diplomatic relations with different "national countries" in the original empire's territory Essence This kind of regional politics dominated by the "post -empire" country is compatible with the United Nations principles led by the Western countries after World War II, but also conflicts with the historical traditions and national identities of the region. The interactive effect with surrounding diplomacy determines the effect of regional governance, and then has an important impact on external relations and domestic governance.

According to the existing regional governance theory in international relations, regional governance is a combination of three variables including regional countries, regional system systems and regional connections within the regional range, and through the three mechanisms of regional coordination, regional management and regional monitoring, "regional good governance regional governance "Effect. Taking the major regional countries in Asia as an example, comparing the ethnic governance and peripheral relations since the 20th century, it can be found that the acceptance of modernity in ethnic policies in the region is the success of the "post -empire" transformation. The key is to have an important impact on the benign operation of the above -mentioned regional governance system. In the regional politics of the "post -empire", the regional country has multiple advantages. However, the role of the regional country of the "post -empire" is still being adjusted in regional governance. It is necessary to find a balance in the interaction between domestic ethnic governance and surrounding diplomatic relations. This is a long -term process.

Source: China Social Science Network-Journal of Social Sciences of China

Author: Zhang Yun

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