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Vo1. 38, No. 2, March/April 2020
University of China (Beijing, 100872) ; YU Youjuan, Ph.D. Student, School of
International Studies, Renmin University of China and Lecturer, Beijing
International Studies University (Beijing, 100024) .

91 The Great Powers’ Arctic Game and China’s Arctic Energy
Security: Probing into the Advancement Path of the “Ice Silk
Road” Framework
LUO Yingjie and LI Fei
[Abstract] From the perspectives of “sea power theory”, “no man’s land” and
“co-ownership”, the ownership of the Arctic region, particularly the allocation of the
Arctic energy resources remains unresolved. In recent years, in the context of
accelerated changes in the Arctic environment, the strengthened capabilities of
relevant countries in their polar activities as well as the increasingly fierce energy
competition across the globe, there is a growing and pressing demand for countries
to broaden and expand their energy access channels. Both the Arctic countries
represented by Russia and the “non-Arctic countries” represented by China have
made more and more energy rights claims and higher demands for maintaining
energy security in the Arctic region. Centered on the demarcation of public and
private attributes, the choices between inclusive and exclusive policies as well as the
power-sharing standards, multiple rounds of contests have been comprehensively
carried out in the Arctic region . At present, against the backdrop of “consistent
ideas coexisting with conflicting objectives” relevant countries find it more difficult
to work together in the Arctic region, especially in the field of energy development.
As for China, advocate of the construction of the “Ice Silk Road”, it should
proactively engage with those countries with the most influence in the Arctic region
by sharing ideas, coordinating agendas and promoting cooperation in order to play
an actively role in Arctic affairs, better safeguard its energy security, avoid strategic
losses caused by vicious competition and lay a solid foundation for raising China’s
voice in the Arctic energy development.
[Keywords] Arctic governance, great powers’ game, the “Ice Silk Road”, energy
security
[Authors] LUO Yingjie, Professor of International Politics Department, University
of International Relations (Beijing, 100091); LI Fei, M. A. Student of International
Relations, University of International Relations (Beijing, 100091).

116 System Pressure and Strategic Direction in the Construction of
Space Security Order
XU Nengwu and GAO Yangyuxi
[Abstract] In the current international system with one superpower and several
major powers, the US efforts to reinforce its space deterrence capacity has not only
posed clear-cut threats to its adversaries but also fueled a new arms race and security
dilemma in space. Changes in the international system caused by the US pursuit of
space hegemony, in turn, are reshaping the current space security relations and
prompting other countries to make complex responses and anti-deterrence measures
under the systemic pressure. Apart from the systemic security pressure, choices
about space security strategies by various countries are also affected by such
intervening variables as efficacy of space power, awareness of space laws, strategic
coordination, interactions among nations, political processes. These variables not
only affect nations’ perceptions of space security, but also lead to the

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