Page 153 - 《国际安全研究》2022年第6期

Vo1. 40, No. 6, November/December 2022

Abstract

3 Analysis of President Joseph Biden’s Strategic Views on National
Security
ZHU Chenge and YIN Jiwu

[Abstract] Political leaders’ strategic views on national security define their countries’
strategic narratives and contribute to the making and implementation of national
security strategies. To be more specific, their strategic thinking about security,
strategic tactics and beliefs, as well as strategic capacity to mobilize, are the main
determinants of how the national security strategy is made and implemented. Different
degrees of structural constraints on political leaders and diverse strategic situations
they are facing constitute important factors affecting their capabilities to shape
national security strategies. Holding a negative perception of America’s national
security environment, President Biden tends to identify the so-called revisionist
countries that aim to change the “status quo” and global security issues as major
sources of threat to the US national security. Therefore, the US strives to achieve its
priority goals in the fields of security, ideology, and economy and trade by means of
values diplomacy, post-emptive measures and multilateral cooperation. Owing to his
core position in the strategic agenda-setting and the US security policy architecture,
President Biden has been able to effectively implement and export his own strategic
concepts in a complex internal and external environment. This paper has verified the
argument that political leaders’ personal vision plays an extremely important role in
making and implementing national security strategy by examining Biden’s perception
of Russia and China as a threat. Systematic analyses of President Biden’s national
security view will shed new light on the understanding of the US foreign policy,
national security strategy, and the future development of Sino-US relations.
[Keywords] Joseph Biden, national security view, strategic decision-making mentality,
US diplomacy and strategy
[Authors] ZHU Chenge, Ph.D. Student, School of International Studies, Renmin
University of China; YIN Jiwu, Professor, School of International Studies, Renmin
University of China (Beijing, 100872).

34 Alliance Management in the Unification and Rising Periods of
China’s Ancient History: Experiences and Inspirations
MENG Weizhan
[Abstract] The glorious rise of a dynasty in China’s history could often be attributed
to its effective alliance management. Historically, the nomadic tribes in northwest

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