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Vo1. 40, No. 1, January/February 2022

Abstract

4 Reflections on Characteristics of National Security and Its Governance
Principles
JIA Qingguo
[Abstract] In recent years, countries around the world have been placing greater
importance on the issue of national security, increasingly recognizing its pivotal role in
state governance, to which China is no exception. However, an incomprehensive
understanding of national security still exists among people, which is mainly manifested
in either talking about national security in general and abstract terms or just focusing on
certain aspects of national security. Few discussions address the topic of national
security in a systematic way and even such discussions are not as comprehensive and
penetrating as expected. Effective national security governance requires comprehensive
and systematic efforts to clarify the connotation and extension of the concept of national
security as well as relations between national security and other important issues. Hence,
principles and paths of national security governance can be explored in an efficient way.
National security is an extremely rich concept with multifaceted and changing
connotations. Its key factors are closely interrelated, featuring not only relativity and
non-uniqueness but also subjectivity and sociality. To study in depth and grasp the
essence of national security calls for a holistic thinking on security and a comprehensive
look at the challenges facing us from the perspective of overall security, drawing on
historical experiences and lessons learned both at home and abroad, and seriously
dealing with these challenges. Therefore, choosing the right paths of national security
governance should adhere to the principles of comprehensiveness and balance, paying
special attention to following the trend and carrying out cooperation in relevant areas.
[Keywords] a holistic approach to national security, national security, security
governance, governance paths, security characteristics, security principles
[Author] JIA Qingguo, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee
of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); Professor at
School of International Studies, Peking University; Director of the Institute for Global
Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University (Beijing, 100871).

26 Rules, Relations and Regional Security Governance: A Case Study of

Collaborative Governance of Public Health in the Greater Mekong
Subregion
WEI Ling and YANG Jiayi
[Abstract] When it comes to studies on regional security governance, rules, in
particular international rules function as a dominant discourse or paradigm. However,
rules per se do not promote governance practice or generate desired governance
effects automatically. Taking advantage of the latest development in the relational
theory of world politics, this paper attempts to establish an integrated “rule-relation”
model of regional governance. The basic assumption is that international rules have

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