North Korea's Strategic Significance to China

"What kind of security situation will China face if one day North Korea signs a treaty with the United States, following in Libya's footsteps?" Shen Dingli is the executive director and a professor of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai

A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE ON CHINA-UNITED STATES COOPERATION IN SPACE

This article describes the arrival of new space actors from Asia, with particular focus on China. It analyzes the lack of cooperation in civilian space programs between China and the United States (U.S.), and the possible negative consequence of this. The paper suggests that the principles of non-diversion and reciprocity in accession as the foundation for China-U.S. collaboration in the civilian sector of space collaboration. This paper addresses the ongoing defense program with space application by the two countries, suggesting an overall program for China and the U.S. to have dialogue, as well as collaboration in space areas, promoting mutual trust and confidence

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Is this change we can believe in? ESF Working Paper No. 32, 4 August 2009

President Obama made the strategic choice of distancing himself unequivocally from his predecessor on the international scene. The task ahead is to convince the rest of the world, including the most hostile countries, to share his vision of international affairs and forge ahead with a new foreign policy. This new ESF Working Paper follows the 32nd ESF Forum, chaired by François Heisbourg at CEPS, June 2009, under the title: Obama’s Foreign Policy: Is this change we can believe in? Four experts: David Calleo, of the John Hopkins University, Washington, Camille Grand, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris, Shen Dingli, Fudan University, Shanghai and Ivan Safranchuk, State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, consider President Obama’s chances of foreign policy success

Incrementally stabilizing China-US relations at the 2011 S&ED

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/As usual the China-US bilateral relationship is constantly shifting; and some could even argue that recently it was deteriorating. However, the third round of the annual China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) held in Washington, D.C. on May 9-10, along with the subsequent Joint Statement, highlighted both governments' flexibility and ability to work together. Shen Dingli, Director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, explains that the S&ED is not a "solve-all" mechanism, but a framework to stabilize a vital strategic relationship between the two countries

République populaire de Chine : défense antimissile et sécurité nationale

Ballistic Missile Défense and China's National Security, by Dingli SHEN The Bush administration's missile defense projects have given rise to negative reactions in Beijing, where NMD is perceived as aiming principally at neutralising the Chinese deterrent. However, Beijing is just as worried about the increasing proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. For the Chinese leaders, a solution to this problem should be sought by means of international cooperation inspired by the ABM treaty, and not by unilateral means that advocate rescinding the treaty. Beijing also considers that American military assistance to Taiwan is tantamount to interference in its domestic affairs. Regardless of whether the People's Republic has the capacity to counter an eventual deployment of missile defense protecting the island, it would prefer that all the concerned parties opt for a negotiated solution that would put an end to the tensions that prevail in the straits.Les projets de l'Administration Bush en matière de défense antimissile suscitent des réactions négatives à Pékin, où la NMD est perçue comme un instrument principalement destiné a neutraliser la dissuasion chinoise. Or Pékin s'inquiète par ailleurs de la prolifération croissante des armes nucléaires et de destruction massive. Pour les dirigeants chinois, une solution à ce problème devrait être recherchée au moyen de la coopération internationale et en s'inspirant du traité ABM, et non par des voies unilatérales prônant l'abandon de ce traité. Pékin considère aussi l'aide militaire américaine à Taiwan comme une ingérence dans ses affaires intérieures. Outre que la République populaire aurait les moyens de contrer une éventuelle défense antimissile de théâtre mise en place pour protéger l'île, elle juge aujourd'hui souhaitable que l'ensemble des parties concernées s'oriente à l'avenir vers une solution négociée pour mettre fin aux tensions qui régnent dans le détroit.Shen, Jaquet Christophe. République populaire de Chine : défense antimissile et sécurité nationale. In: Politique étrangère, n°4 - 2001 - 66ᵉannée. pp. 895-907