Региональная политика во внешнеполитической стратегии КНР после окончания "холодной войны"

Abstract

Since the end of the Cold War geopolitical situation around China has changed considerably, creating new opportunities as well as challenges for Beijing's foreign policy. The collapse of the USSR meant that the threat to China's northern border disappeared alltogether, making the country's external environment more stable and predictable than ever before. Nonetheless, the growing power of China is perceived by its neighbors as a potential disaster, which provides the US with an opportunity to shape its policy of containment directed against China. This article argues that development of closer ties with China's neighbors, preventing them from becoming a threat and a part of containment circle, as well as the desire to gain preeminent influence in the peripheral zone will be at the heart of PRC's strategy on the world arena for the next few decades. Such developments dovetail nicely with some traditional patterns of Chinese relations with the outside world; they are supported by some outstanding researchers in Chinese intellectual community and could become a jumping board for gaining superpower status by China.