Neorealism and neoliberalism

Introduction

The"ContemporaryClassicsofInternationalRelationsTranslationSeries"introducedandpublishedbyZhejiangPeople'sPublishingHousehasmetwithreaders!Here,wewanttoexplaintothereaderswhyweshouldintroducethissetofbooks,andwhatareitscharacteristicsandadvantages?

China'sreformandopeningupprocesshasbeenmorethan20years.Reformandopeninguphavenotonlygreatlyimprovedsocialproductivityandpeople'slivingstandards,butalsoenabledChinesepeopletohaveabetterunderstandingoftheoutsideworld.However,toberealistic,asanewlyemergingdevelopingcountry,ouroveralllevelofdevelopmentandtheabilitytograsptheworldarestillgreatlylacking.ChinaisoneofthefivepermanentmembersoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil.Itisimportanttointernationalpeaceandtheworldintermsofpreventingregionalconflictsandeliminatinghotspots,preventingweaponsofmassdestructionfromspreadingtoallpartsoftheworld,andreformingvariousfunctionalagenciesoftheUnitedNations,includingtheSecurityCouncil.Stabilitybearsagreatresponsibility;Chinaistheworld’smostpopulouscountryandoneofthefastestgrowingcountriesinthedevelopingworld.China’severymoveinenergyuse,ecologicalprotection,foodproduction,populationcontrol,etc.mayaffectThestatusquoandchangesinrelatedfieldsthroughouttheworld;Chinaisstrivingformoreparticipationopportunitiesandagreatervoiceintheinternationalcommunity.Thedevelopmentoftheinternationaloceanfloor,theimprovementoftheAntarcticTreatyandthepeacefuluseofspace

havemadeachievements.Chinaisanancientcivilization.Someofthefineelementsintraditionalculturehavebeenpraisedandusedbytheworld.Howtomakethemflourishandbankrupttheso-called"clashofcivilizations"or"Chinathreat"andotherprophecieswillbeaproblemforChinainthefuture.Alotofpressureandtrials.Political,security,economic,diplomatic,cultural,andideologicalfactorshaveputChinainaspecialsituationof"beforethetreeisthefirsttoattractthewind",sothateveryresponsibleChinaNoonecanignorethissituation.Ifwedon’treallyunderstandtheworld,China’scurrentinternationalpositionandpressure,ortheurgencyandimportanceofestablishingabenigninteractiverelationshipbetweenChinaandtheworld,thenitwillbedifficultforustocontinueourreformandopeningup,andChinaisalsoverydifficult.Itisdifficulttoplayaninternationalrolecommensuratewithitssize,population,andhistory.

Whenitcomestotheacademicresearchofunderstandingtheexternalworld,especiallythetheoreticalresearchofunderstandingforeigninternationalrelations,itshouldbesaidthatinthepastfewyearsofreformandopeningup,theChineseacademicandpublishingcircleshavedonealotofwork.Achievedfruitfulresults.Thetranslationandpublicationofinternationalrelationsworksinthepast20yearsfarexceedsthatofthe30yearsbeforethereformandopeningup.However,itshouldbenotedthattheworkinthisareaisstillnotenough.Oneofthemeaningsof"notenough"isrelativetodisciplinessuchaseconomics,sociology,literature,orhistory.Inthosedisciplines,thetranslatedworksarenotonlycompleteinvarietyandlargeinquantity,butalsointhespeedatwhichtheyspreadtoChina.Quickly,forexample,someinternationallyaward-winningworks(suchastheworksofNobelPrizewinnersineconomicsandliterature)canbeseenalmostimmediatelyinChinesetranslations.Incontrast,thestudyofinternationalrelationsismuchworse.Inthelast20years,especiallyInthe10yearssincetheendoftheColdWar

Someinfluentialworkshaveonlytranslatedasmallpart,suchastheworksofKissinger,Brzezinski,Huntington,etc.,mostofwhichareveryforeignInfluential,especiallyinnovativeworksarerarelyseen.Relatedtothis,thesecondmeaningof"notenough"referstotheworksthathavebeentranslated.Althoughmostofthemareofhighquality,theyonlyreflectafewschools(mainlyclassicalrealismandneorealism).Theviewsandresearchmethodsofotherschoolsandresearchangleshavenotbeenintroducedorintroducedverylittle,suchasconstructivism,feminism,eco-politics,postmodernism,criticaltheory,learningtheory,functionalism,behaviorPhilosophy,NewInternationalSystemTheory,Micro-InternationalPolitics,etc.Theseriousnessoftheproblemliesinthefactthattheseschoolsandresearchmethodsthathavenotbeenintroducedorarerarelyintroducedhaveanincreasinglyimportantinfluenceontherealityofinternationalrelationsandthethinkingofinternationalrelations,especiallytheoreticalresearch;regardlessofwhethertheirinfluenceisgoodornot.Bad,peoplecannotrejectorsimplysurpassthem.

Abouttheauthor

DavidA.Baldwin(DavidA.Baldwin)

Famousinternationalrelationsscientist,WorldOrderStudies,ColumbiaUniversitySchoolofForeignAffairsLaD.WalleckChairProfessor.Hismainresearchfieldsareinternationalpolitics,Americanforeignpolicyandinternationalrelationstheory.Themainworksinclude:"EconomicGovernance","East-WestTradeandtheAtlanticAlliance"(editor),"PoliticalEconomicsofNationalSecurity","BasicConceptsofInternationalPoliticalEconomy",etc.

TableofContents

Translator'sPreface

ChineseVersionPreface

AuthorIntroduction

Thanks

IntroductiontoPartOne

1Neoliberalism,NeorealismandWorldPolitics(DavidA.Baldwin)

NeoliberalismandNeorealism:CurrentDebateTopics

Thehistoricalbackgroundofthedebate

Anarchyandsocialorder

Capabilityandcooperation

Futuredirection

PartII:ChallengesofNeoliberalismandResponsestoNeorealism

2CoordinationandCooperation:InstitutionsinanAnarchicWorld(ArthurStein)

AnarchyandSystem

Commoninterestdilemma

Commonlydeviatefromthedilemma

Cooperationandcoordination

Systemandinterest

SystemformationThestructuralbasisof

Institutionalchanges

3Internationalcooperationinthefieldofeconomicandsecurityaffairs(CharlesLipson)

AsaprisonerofpoliticaldilemmaDilemma

Internationalcooperationundertheprisoner’sdilemma

Strategicinteractioninsecurityaffairsandeconomicaffairs

Hegemony,recessionandevolutionofcooperation

4Strategicandinstitutionalcooperationunderanarchy(RobertAxelrodRobertKeohane)

Structuralimpactofcooperation

Interactionbackground

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Conclusion

5AnarchyandtheLimitsofCooperation:ARealisticCommentaryonRecentLiberalInstitutionalism

(JosephM.Griko)

Realismandliberalinstitutionalism

Neo-liberalinstitutionalism

Thefailureofrealismandneo-liberalinstitutionalism

Conclusion