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Journal of International Security Studies
to be activated and operationalized via the process of regional relations for the
establishment of collaborative mechanisms and pragmatic policies, which contributes
to the achievement of effective regional security governance. A localistic and concrete
relational process is formed in an ongoing interaction among various stakeholders of
regional security, which features participation and consultation of all parties
concerned as well as empowerment for international rules and regional governance
practices. A holistic and abstract relational process in a region epitomizes governance
practice itself, where all interconnected governance-related elements work together to
deal with security threats. Hence, the more dynamic the regional relational process is,
the better can it activate and operationalize international rules, and the more likely is
the desired outcome of regional security governance to be achieved. In this paper, the
cross-border governance for preventing and controlling infectious diseases is used to
serve as a case study in verifying the “rule-relation” model. It is expected that this
paper can facilitate theoretical thinking about the deepening of regional security
governance in the academia and make contributions to the research on public health
governance.
[Keywords] rules, relations, regional security governance, the Greater Mekong Sub-
region, public health, joint prevention and control
[Authors] WEI Ling, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of International
Relations, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing, 100029);
YANG Jiayi, Editor, Foreign Affairs Review, China Foreign Affairs University
(Beijing, 100037).

49 A More Integrated Mechanism of “Prevention- Deterrence -Emergency
Response”: New Thinking on China’s Overseas Security Supply Model
WANG Mengting and YU Xiaofeng
[Abstract] Based on a holistic approach to national security that takes protecting the
people’s security as the mission and the principle of “diplomacy for the people” with
consular protection as its key component, overseas security for Chinese institutions,
enterprises and citizens in conflict-affected and high-risk areas has become a primary
concern of China’s overseas security supply system. In the post-pandemic era, new
changes in security environment, content, and threats have highlighted the gap
between supply and demand for overseas security. Thus, how to improve the overseas
security supply system to rise to the challenge in the post-pandemic era is becoming
an increasingly urgent issue in the overall national security governance. According to
the escalation process of risk/anxiety-threat/fear-crisis/panic, overseas security can be
divided into three types that focus separately on prevention, deterrence and emergency
response, in which government agencies, armed forces, international security
companies, social organizations and overseas enterprises play different roles. On the
basis of clarifying the “phases-types” of China’s overseas security and the
corresponding functions of diversified supply subjects, any further improvement on
China’s overseas security supply system should be guided by a holistic approach to
national security, following the integrated supply model of “prevention-deterrence-
emergency response” and constructing a linkage mechanism among multiple supply
subjects so as to make up for the deficiencies of the existing supply system and
enhance the system for the protection of Chinese nationals and interests overseas.
[Keywords] overseas security, supply model, a holistic approach to national security,
China’s overseas security system
[Authors] WANG Mengting, Ph.D. Student, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang
University; YU Xiaofeng, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University

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