简介：Accordingtothereportofthe17thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChina,historicchangeshaveoccurredintherelationsbetweencontemporaryChinaandtherestoftheworld,

简介：Theworldeconomy,whichhasdisplayedunprecedentedchangesinthe21stcentury,hasthreecharacteristics:thecollectiveriseofemergingpowers,theescalatingdevelopmentofglobalization,andthefurtherdeteriorationofglobalimbalances.Internationaleconomicdevelopment,therelationshipbetweenmarketdemandandsupply,thebalanceofpowerbetweenSouthandNorth,andworldeconomicrelationsandworldorderareinastateofconstantflux.Inthenexttenyears,theworldeconomywillfollowatrendthatmaybedefinedas'chaotic','changing'and'new'.Itis'chaotic'becausetheWestwillcontinuetowrestlewiththeaftermathofthefinancialandeconomiccrisis,'changing'becausetheinternationalfinancialandeconomicsystemwillbetransformed,and'new'becausepatternsinworldpowerwillundergogreatchanges.Themega-crisisembodiesbigrisks,fundamentalreforms,andgreatopportunities.

简介：Thepost-ColdWarinternationalpatterninwhichonesuperpowerco-existswithseveralmajorpowerswillnotchangeinthecoming20-30yearsorevenbeyond.However,asnothingremainsstatic,thevariousinnerfactorsrelatedtotheinternationalpatternareintheprocessofconstantchange.Suchchangesaremanifestedintenaspects,whichfind

简介：The9/11attackwasundoubtedlyoneofthemostimportanteventstoinfluenceinternationalrelationsinthe21stcentury.OnSeptember11th,2001,al-Qaeda,ledbyOsamabinLaden,attackedtheUSheartlands.Theattackscausedthedeathofnearly3000peopleandledtodirecteconomiclossesofaroundUS$100billion.ThiswasthemostseriousexternalattackontheUSsincetheWarofIndependenceof1812.IninfluenceitsurpassedeventheattackonPearlHarborintheSecondWorldWar.9/11highlightedtheimportanceofnon-traditionalsecurityandraisedittoapositionalmostparallelwiththatoftheworld'straditionalsecurityagenda.Theeventshaveprofoundlyinfluencedtheoutlookandbehavioroftheworld'ssole

简介：ThisarticleexploresthedynamicsoftheDiaspora’sdualloyaltiestowardstheirhomecountriesandhostcountriesbyusingAmericanJewryasacasestudy.Itarguesthatinliberal-democraticstates,theshiftintheDiaspora’sloyaltytowardsthehomelandvis-à-visthehostlandisaresultofthechangetothehostland’sperceptionofwheretheacceptableboundaryoftheDiaspora’spracticeofdualloyaltiesis,orinotherwords,towhatextenttheDiaspora’ssupportofthehomelandisperceivedtobeacceptablebytheirhostland.Thereconstructionofthisboundaryisdeterminedbyfourfactors:thedegreeofpoliticalcoordinationbetweenhomestatesandhoststates,theattemptofthehomestatetomobilizeitsdiasporas,themeansadvocatedandsupportedbytheDiaspora,andtheseverityofpotentialconsequencesduetotheDiaspora’saction.

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