PRC’s Asia-Pacific Security Strategy in the Post-Cold War Era

• Main Authors: Chun-Hao Wang, 王群豪
• Other Authors: Kao-Cheng Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39981035616265393498

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所 === 91 === Abstract: After the collapse of USSR, international environment promotes PRC’s national power in the Post-Cold War Era. Due to Russia becoming an area power, PRC’s threat from the northern reduces and PRC’s position in the Asia-Pacific area promotes. Security environment in the Asia-Pacific is stable, and economic development is the base for area prosperity and stability. Although the environment is stable, but there are some regional conflicts. U.S. also adjusts the Asia-Pacific strategy in the Post-Cold War Era. According to the external changes, PRC is forced to make policies. After the Cold War, PRC re-defines the national interests to promote comprehensive national powers for the base of national security. With the changes of national security after three leaders, PRC transfers military security into economic security, and then into promotion of new security view in the Post-Cold War Era. PRC emphasis and promotes the security concept for peace and cooperation. In PRC’s thinking, common interests are more important than military force for security assurance and new security views are also more conducive to regional security and stability than military advantage or alliance. New security views are not only the principle for policy, but also constrain U.S. Cold War thinkings toward containing PRC to change the contrary situation. Most important of all is that security views and security strategy will interact each other, because security views could be the principle for security strategy. From PRC’s Asia-Pacific security strategy, it is clear to see the interaction and development in economic, diplomatic and military policy. PRC insists on keeping economic development, promoting diplomatic affairs and pushing military modernization in order to involve in four security issues in the Asia-Pacific region including Korean peninsula problem, US-Japan security cooperation, Taiwan cross strait problem and South China Sea deputy with its strong economic, military and diplomatic powers, and to resolve four security issues peacefully. In the foreseeable future, PRC will keep on strengthening economic, diplomatic and military strategies for four security issues in the Asia-Pacific region in order to achieve her strategic goals and to get feedback from different policies. Thus, it can makes PRC’s Asia-Pacific security strategy more suitable for her needs and achieve her goals.