Table of Contents

Foreword 
WangJisi 
China-U.S. Relations in China's Overall Diplomacy in the New Era 
-On China and U.S. Working Together to Build a New-Type 
Relationship between Major Countries 
Cui Tiankai and Pang Hanzhao 
The Obama Administration's "Rebalancing" Toward Asia and 
Sino-U.S. Relations 
Zhu Feng 
The Transition of the Asia-Pacific Order and Japan's Strategy 
Ryo Sahashi 
The Changing Sino-U.S. Relationship and South Korea's 
Foreign Policy Strategy 
Chun Chaesung 
The U.S. "Pivot" to Asia: Impact on Indian Foreign and Security 
Policies 
Jabin T. Jacob 
Absorbing the Pivot: Nurturing Sino-Australian Relations 
William T. Tow 
Russian Assessments of the U.S. "Return" to the Asia-Pacific 
Region 
Vladirnir Portyakov 
The Absent Stabilizer? Europe and East Asian Security Dynamics 
Raffaello Pantucd 
The New Cultural Landscape in International Relations 
Yuan Ming 
China's International Security Challenges and Response at
Present and in the Coming Five Years 
Jiang Lingfei 
Analysis on Ma Ymg-jeou's Inaugural Address: Challenges 
and Prospects 
Yuan Yi 
Discussion on Taiwan's International Space Under Current 
Cross-Strait Relations 
Liu Fu-Kuo 
Sino-U.S. Strategic Maneuvering and the Korean Peninsula Issue 
fin Qiangyi 
Africa's Emerging Endogenous Dynamics and New Thoughts on
Sino-African Cooperation 
Liu Haifang 
On the Protection of China's Interests in Sudan 
Hu ]ingiing 
Withdrawal, Peace Talks and the 2Ol i Pakistan-Afghan Situation 
Qian Xuemei 
The Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, and Western 
Neo-Interventionism 
An Huihou 
Facing the Uncertain: A Critical Appraisal of the Arab Uprisings 
Nabil Alsabah 
Factors Affecting Latin America's International Status 
Jiang Shixue 
Military Operations Other Than War and International Security 
Cooperation 
Xiao Tianliang 
Some Thoughts on China's National Defense Mobilization 
Ouyang Wei 
Japan's Maritime Strategy 
Masahiro Akiyama 
Postscript 
Zhou Mingwei

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Peking University's Center for International and Strategic Studies aims to enhance academicand policy research in the fields of world politics, international security, and strategic studies. Itprovides analyses of China's changing international environment and the international strategies of major powers, publishes and submits policy-relevant and timely research works. CISSaspires to offer intellectual support to China's international strategy formulation, to enrichteaching, and to help the general public understand national and international security and strategic issues from a comprehensive, accurate and rational perspective. CISS issues a variety ofpublications, including a regular briefing series entitled International Strategic Studies Report,occasional monographs, the annual China International Strategy Review, and its own in-housebook series. 
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