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Journal of International Security Studies

Abstract

4 COVID-19 and the Devolution of Global Security Culture

QIN Yaqing
[Abstract] Security culture refers to the shared knowledge of a society in terms of
security, threats and means to safeguard its security. Since the end of the Cold War,
globalization has enabled a global society to emerge and together with it a
cooperative global security culture has been appearing in an embryonic form. It is
featured by open security, common security, and cooperative security. However,
global governance failure has led to a conspicuous accumulation of global threats
and a dramatic increase in nationalistic populism. The emerging cooperative global
security culture faces serious challenges and appears to be devolving toward a
conflictual one. Security is understood more as zero-sum rivalry and can be better
obtained through decoupling and self-enclosure—such ideas and practices are
discouraging international cooperation. COVID-19 provides a vivid example,
showing that international cooperation has failed where it is most needed and could
be most beneficial. Humankind will move eventually to a security community, but in
the foreseeable future the competition between a cooperative global security culture
and a conflictual one will be tough and fierce.
[Keywords] global security culture, open security, common security, cooperative
security, new collective security outlook
[Author] QIN Yaqing, Professor, China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing, 100037).

28 Views of China and Russia on International Political and Security
Order: A Comparative Study Based on an Empirical Analysis
LEI Jianfeng
[Abstract] The view of international politico-security order is the aggregation of a
country’s positions, propositions and opinions about the nature, development trend
and means of maintenance of the international politico-security order, and how the
order relates to the country itself. As an abstract concept that exerts a paramount
influence on the country’s international behavior, the view of international
politico-security order is not only reflected in the country’s foreign policy statements
but also embodied in its actual behaviors while addressing international
politico-security issues. This article first compares the views of both China and
Russia on international politico-security order in their foreign policy documents, and
then moves to the empirical side, that is, deciphering their views on international

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