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Journal of International Security Studies

Abstracts

4 Retrospect and Prospect: Studies on China’s National Security Legal
Framework
XIAO Junyong and ZHANG Zhipeng
[Abstract] Studies on China’s legal framework governing national security over
the past four decades have gone through four stages, namely, initial exploration
(1978-1993), progressive development (1994-2010), comprehensive advancement
(2010-2014) and the latest progress made under the guidance of the overall national
security concept (2014-present). Researches on China’s legal framework governing
national security at each stage are affected by the particular political and economic
landscape of the stage and are devoted to multi-dimensional thinking and
exploration that center on the legal connotation of “national security”, namely, the
ontology of the legal framework governing China’s national security. The researches
mainly focus on China’s national security legal system, the relationship between the
National Security Law and departmental laws, the disciplinary independence of
National Security Law and its development. The connotation of “national security”,
in a legal sense, has also undergone a transition from “traditional (political) security”
to “overall security”. Researches on China’s legal framework governing national
security has increasingly deepened and fully developed while meeting practical
needs. Under the guidance of the overall national security concept, new tasks have
been introduced for researchers in the new era, which include construction and
interpretation of relevant legal systems, in-depth studies on the effective connection
between National Security Law and related laws, innovation in research methods
and practical needs to guarantee national security in various fields. In the future,
strenuous efforts should be made to focalize studies on the basic issues concerning
the legal framework governing China’s national security.
[Keywords] national security, legal framework governing national security, overall
national security concept, disciplinary independence
[Authors] XIAO Junyong, Professor, Department of Law, University of International
Relations; ZHANG Zhipeng, M.A. Candidate, Department of law, University of
International Relations (Beijing, 100091).

40 Constructing the Sino-US Nuclear Strategic Stability Framework: An
Asymmetric Strategic Balance Approach
ZOU Zhibo and LIU Wei

[Abstract] Given that the power transition taking place between China and the US
has led to intensified strategic competition between the two countries, maintaining
Sino-US strategic stability has become a major concern in the development of

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