碩士 / 東吳大學 / 政治學系 / 94 / In the aftermath of the end of the Cold war, many tensions in the international society appear to be eased. The collapse of Soviet Union means that the bipolar international system has come to an end and the United States has become the sole superpower in the world. However, with the rise of China, the security situation and balance of power in East Asia has changed in a different way. The so-called China threat has surfaced as a challenging issue for many regional countries.
To ease the concerns of other countries, China has taken a new approach in its foreign policies. Since 1990, China has gradually modified its foreign policy from emphasizing unilateralism and bilateralism to stressing multilateralism. China concluded many confidence-building-measures（CBMs）agreements with other countries and groups of countries, including India, Russia, and ASEAN. China also actively joined many international organizations or regimes.
”Shanghai Cooperation Organization” （SCO） is one of the most important CBMs of China’s design because it is the first one initiated by China. The members of SCO include China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyztan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and the observers are Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Iran.
The motives of China efforts to established CBMs with Central Asia can be summarized as follows, 1) the power concern, 2) geopolitical strategy, 3) nationalism, and 4) energy security. On the other hand, SCO is different from other CBMs participated by China. SCO has three distinctive features, 1) it has very comprehensive communication systems, 2) it has conducted large scale military exercises, and 3) its has very strong anti-West sentiment.
Still, the relationship between China and Central Asia is going to be asymmetric. China is a strong power but Central Asian countries are in general minor powers. This asymmetric relationship gives China a chance to influence the regional affairs in Central Asia. In short, this CBMs with Chinese characteristics deserve further discussion and careful analysis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/094SCU05227018 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Yun-lei Deng, 鄧雲雷 |
| Contributors | Chih-Cheng Lo, 羅致政 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 176 |
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