Reflection on international geo-relations in the Post-Cold War Era

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2020.03.2019263

Abstract

Abstract:

International geo-relations are the basis of national policy making, which play a vital role in the course of a country’s development. In this paper, we systematically reviewed the thinking venation of modern geopolitics. According to the characteristics of different periods, it can be divided into three periods: the Empire Stage, the Cold War and the Post-Cold War Era. From the perspective of space, the traditional comprehensive geo-space was deconstructed into multiple dimensions including geographic space, political space, military space, institutional space, information space, technological space, economic space and cultural space. Its connotation and interactive mechanism were interpreted to help understand and analyze the current international geo-relations. Combined with the basic national conditions, China should strengthen the study of international geo-relations, enhance the development of geo-space, follow the Tai Ji international geostrategy and develop effective sphere of influence in the new era.

Key words: geo-relations, geopolitics, geo-space, geostrategy, the Post-Cold War Era

摘要：

国际地缘关系是国家政策制定的基础，对国家的发展起到至关重要的作用。本研究梳理了现代地缘政治学的思想脉络，根据不同时期的特点，将其划分为帝国争霸阶段、冷战时期和后冷战时代三个阶段。基于此，运用空间观的视角将传统的综合性地缘空间解构为地理空间、政治空间、军事空间、制度空间、信息空间、技术空间、经济空间和文化空间等多个维度，并对其内涵及互动机制进行解读和分析，以助于理解和分析当前的国际地缘关系。结合中国的基本国情，新时代中国国际地缘战略应加强国际地缘关系的研究；强化地缘空间领域的发展；遵循“太极式”国际发展战略；有效发展国际势力范围。

关键词: 地缘关系, 地缘政治, 地缘空间, 地缘战略, 后冷战时代

Binhong YE, Yang CHENG, Li WANG, Linsheng YANG. Reflection on international geo-relations in the Post-Cold War Era[J]. World Regional Studies, 2020, 29(3): 451-459.

叶滨鸿, 程杨, 王利, 杨林生. 后冷战时代国际地缘关系思考[J]. 世界地理研究, 2020, 29(3): 451-459.

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