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Journal of International Security Studies
39 China’s Participation in and Shaping of the UN’s Global Peace and
Security Agenda

MAO Ruipeng

[Abstract] Fifty years has passed since the restoration of the lawful seat of the
People’s Republic of China in the United Nations. Today’s China continues to
integrate into the international system and its participation in and contribution to UN
affairs is increasing. Since the end of the Cold War, the intensified internal conflicts
in some countries and the strengthened positions gained by Western countries in the
international arena have greatly changed the international community’s perception of
the sources of security threats and the role of the United Nations, which leads to a
major adjustment in the UN’s global peace and security agenda as well as the
corresponding normative competition. Taking the UN Security Council as an
important platform for promoting concepts and programs of international peace and
security, China has constructed a basic institutional framework for its participation
in and shaping of the UN peace and security agenda through four components of the
UN Security Council affairs, namely agenda setting, scheme selection, voting power
and coalition structure. Although China has increasingly taken advantage of its
rotating presidency to shape the Security Council’s agenda, it is still difficult for
China to fully participate in the drafting of draft resolutions due to its exclusion from
the core consultation circle composed of the United States, UK and France. As a
permanent member of the UN Security Council, China exerts a significant influence
over key decisions and has exhibited its will to exercise the veto on such issues as
Syria. For all China’s endeavors to carry out policy coordination with other
developing countries and maintain a high degree of coherence with Russia, the
United States and other Western countries still occupy a dominant position in the
Security Council. Looking ahead, China should adjust its role in the UN peace and
security agenda in accordance with changes in objective circumstances and needs. It
will be a long-term task facing China in its UN diplomacy to continuously enhance
the appeal of China’s ideas and plans and promote mutual understanding and
cooperation with other countries through communication and consultation.
[Keywords] United Nations, China and United Nations, international peace and
security agenda, international system
[Author] MAO Ruipeng, Research Fellow, Institute for Global Governance Studies,
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (Shanghai, 200233).

67 The US Starlink Program and Its Implications: From the Perspective
of International and National Security
YU Nanping, YAN Jiajie

[Abstract] Starlink is a space high-speed, low-latency Internet communications

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