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Criteria for a Democratic and Effective National Political System: A Comparison of Democratic Political Systems in China and the United States 民主有效的国家政治制度的标准:中美民主政治制度比较
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2223092
Enfu Cheng, Shaoyong Sun
ABSTRACT Democracy should not be only a matter of form, but should be genuine and workable. This article makes a comprehensive comparison between the political systems in China and the United States, using Chinese President Xi Jinping’s eight “whether to do” and four “depending on” criteria in order to judge whether each country’s political system is democratic and effective. The people’s democracy in China has always been based on the principle that the people must be at its center. Bringing to realization the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people is always regarded as the starting point and guarantee of democratic construction, and the people’s democratic right to be masters of the country is ensured through the establishing of a set of institutional systems. This approach determines fully that the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics is real, effective and workable. The United States is a country based on “elite democracy” and the nature and mode of democracy there often turns into an alliance of, or competition between, parties and capitalist interests. This is a democracy in which politicians and capitalist oligarchs manipulate public opinion for their special purposes, a situation that amounts in essence to a takeover of sovereignty by oligarchic monopolies.
民主不应该只是形式问题,而应该是真正的和可行的。中国的人民民主始终是以人民为中心的原则。始终把实现最广大人民的根本利益作为民主建设的出发点和保障,通过建立一套制度体系来保障人民当家作主的民主权利。这充分决定了中国特色社会主义民主政治制度的真实性、有效性和可操作性。美国是一个以“精英民主”为基础的国家,民主的性质和模式往往演变为政党与资本主义利益的联盟或竞争。在这种民主制度下,政客和资本主义寡头为了自己的特殊目的操纵公众舆论,这种情况实质上相当于寡头垄断企业接管了主权。
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“Through Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto” One Year On “从多极化走向社会主义:一年后的宣言”
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2207447
R. Desai, Enfu Cheng, John Ross, Carlos Ron, J. Clegg, Ajamu Baraka, Keith Bennett, O. Barabanov, Gabriel Rockhill, Sara Flounders, A. Freeman, C. Martínez, Ben Norton
ABSTRACT The International Manifesto Group launched its manifesto, “Through Pluripolarity to Socialism” on 5 September 2021. Then, the world’s attention was riveted to the US’s ignominious exit from Afghanistan. The following speeches, delivered at the webinar to mark the first anniversary of the event, reflect on the tumultuous events of the year since, dominated by the US-led war on Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy, its wider international reverberations which have underlined as well as accelerated the US’s decline and declining international influence and by the very real prospect that a similar US-led war is being planned against China using Taiwan region as a proxy. The speeches below find that, though the Manifesto’s text was finalised before anyone could have imagined such wars, its general line pointing to the decline of capitalism and imperialism and the imperative for humanity to progress through pluripolarity—a world of variety of national economic formations that will inevitably result as efforts to build productive and egalitarian societies are undertaken—to socialism as capitalism’s ability to deliver anything remotely similar is manifestly exhausted, has been vindicated.
国际宣言组织于2021年9月5日发布了《从多极化走向社会主义》宣言。当时,全世界的注意力都集中在美国从阿富汗可耻的撤军上。以下演讲是在纪念该事件一周年的网络研讨会上发表的,反映了自那以来的动荡事件,以美国为首的对俄战争为主导,以乌克兰为代理,其更广泛的国际反响突显并加速了美国的衰落和国际影响力的下降,以及非常真实的前景,即美国领导的类似战争正在计划以台湾地区为代理针对中国。下面的演讲可以发现,尽管宣言的文本在任何人能够想象到这样的战争之前就已经定稿了,它的总路线指出了资本主义和帝国主义的衰落,以及人类通过多极化进步的必要性——一个由各种国家经济形态组成的世界,将不可避免地导致努力建立富有成效和平等的社会——而社会主义则是资本主义提供任何类似的东西的能力显然已经耗尽,这一点已经得到了证实。
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The Czechoslovak Year 1968: An Attempt to Revise Marxism-Leninism and Its Political Consequences 捷克斯洛伐克1968年:修正马克思列宁主义及其政治后果的尝试
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-02-24 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2163683
Peter Dinuš
ABSTRACT The content of the study is socio-political development in Czechoslovakia, known as the so-called Prague Spring or “revival process.” It started in January 1968, when A. Dubček became First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak “revival process” found its theoretical expression in the concept of the scientific and technological revolution and the “Action Program of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.” In practical politics, Dubček’s party leadership led to the strengthening of pro-capitalist tendencies and forces in society, which threatened to grow into the elimination of the fundamental pillars of Czechoslovak socialism.
本研究的内容是捷克斯洛伐克的社会政治发展,即所谓的布拉格之春或“复兴进程”。它始于1968年1月,当时A. dub ek成为捷克斯洛伐克共产党中央委员会第一书记。捷克斯洛伐克的“复兴过程”在科学技术革命的概念和“捷克斯洛伐克共产党行动纲领”中得到了理论表达。在实际政治中,dub ek党的领导导致亲资本主义倾向和社会力量的加强,这种倾向和力量有可能发展成为消除捷克斯洛伐克社会主义基本支柱的威胁。
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Causes of the Crisis in Ukraine 乌克兰危机的原因
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2163417
M. Dunford
ABSTRACT The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine that is also a conflict between Russia and the United States and its NATO allies is fundamentally a result of two interconnected factors. The first is the threat to the security of Russia posed by the enlargement of NATO in violation of commitments made at the time of the reunification of Germany and of the principle of indivisible security. The second is deeply rooted internal divisions in Ukraine that were exacerbated by ethnic nationalism and the imposition of divisive national identity that led to demands for a degree of regional autonomy and a civil war that successive governments and external parties did not or did not want to resolve. In these years Ukraine served as an instrument in a US strategy to weaken a strategic rival, prevent Eurasian integration and preserve the unipolar order that had emerged with the collapse of the Soviet Union. On present trends the losers will be Ukraine as it existed until February 2022, Europe and Germany although, depending on the outcome, it may also accelerate the transition to a new multipolar world order.
俄罗斯与乌克兰之间的军事冲突,也是俄罗斯与美国及其北约盟国之间的冲突,从根本上说是两个相互关联的因素的结果。第一个是北约的扩大违反了在德国统一时所作的承诺和安全不可分割的原则,对俄罗斯的安全构成威胁。第二个问题是乌克兰根深蒂固的内部分歧,种族民族主义和强加分裂的民族认同加剧了这种分歧,导致了对一定程度的区域自治的要求,以及一场内战,而历届政府和外部政党都没有或不想解决这场内战。这些年来,乌克兰一直是美国削弱战略对手、阻止欧亚一体化、维护苏联解体后出现的单极秩序战略的工具。按照目前的趋势,输家将是直到2022年2月还存在的乌克兰、欧洲和德国,不过,根据结果,它也可能加速向新的多极世界秩序的过渡。
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A New World Is Born: Russia’s Anti-imperialist Fight in Ukraine 一个新的世界诞生了:俄罗斯在乌克兰的反帝国主义斗争
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2186015
A. Artner
ABSTRACT With Russia’s attack on Ukraine the decline of the imperialist rule of the United States and its subordinate allies has accelerated, while the emergence of a multipolar world draws nearer. The author first describes how the structure, toolkit, inherent contradictions of imperialism, as well as the role of fascism, have altered in the last century, then explains the challenges imperialism faces today. This is followed by a discussion of the reasons for the Ukrainian war and the unhuman reactions of the North Atlantic powers. The author argues that only the defeat of imperialism and the emergence of a multipolar world will open the road to socialism at global level.
随着俄罗斯对乌克兰的进攻,美国及其附属盟国的帝国主义统治加速衰落,而多极世界的出现越来越近。作者首先描述了帝国主义的结构、工具、内在矛盾以及法西斯主义的作用在上个世纪是如何变化的,然后解释了帝国主义今天面临的挑战。随后讨论了乌克兰战争的原因以及北大西洋大国的非人道反应。作者认为,只有帝国主义的失败和多极世界的出现,才能在全球范围内打开通往社会主义的道路。
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A Review and Analysis of Ukraine’s Road towards Capitalism over the Past Three Decades 乌克兰近三十年资本主义之路回顾与分析
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2184927
Airu Chen
ABSTRACT Following Ukraine’s declaration of independence in 1991, the country’s ruling class initiated a process of capitalist development that it has carried forward ever since. Politically, Ukraine has sought closer ties with the West, and has turned to the Right. Economically, it has abandoned the socialist road for a capitalist one, which instead of bringing development and prosperity has led to deindustrialization and recurrent economic crises. Ukraine’s persistent turn to the Right has to a marked degree torn apart Ukrainian society; it served as the root cause of the Crimean referendum on rejoining Russia and of the civil war in the Donbas region, before dragging Ukraine into conflict with Russia. After three decades of capitalist development, Ukraine has turned from a strong industrial power into the poorest country in Europe.
1991年乌克兰宣布独立后,该国统治阶级开启了资本主义发展进程,并一直延续至今。在政治上,乌克兰寻求与西方建立更紧密的联系,并已转向右翼。在经济上,它放弃了社会主义道路,走上了资本主义道路,这不仅没有带来发展和繁荣,反而导致了去工业化和经济危机的反复出现。乌克兰不断向右转,在很大程度上撕裂了乌克兰社会;在把乌克兰拖入与俄罗斯的冲突之前,它是克里米亚是否加入俄罗斯的公投和顿巴斯地区内战的根本原因。经过三十年的资本主义发展,乌克兰已经从一个强大的工业大国变成了欧洲最贫穷的国家。
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Ukraine Conflict as a Case of the Political Contradictions of Contemporary Imperialism 乌克兰冲突是当代帝国主义政治矛盾的一个案例
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2163416
J. Noonan
ABSTRACT The article examines the role of politics and ideology in post-Cold War imperialism, focusing on the current conflict between Russia, Ukraine, the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the European Union. The article argues that primary causes are not economic but primarily political and ideological. While there are clear raisons d’etat that explain all sides’ decisions, the article claims that there is a contradiction between the raisons d’etat and an objectively rational assessment of the stated goals and the actors’ ability to attain them. The article concludes that while the Marxist understanding of imperialism includes a focus on both its political and economic dynamics, they can sometimes over-emphasize the economic and objective rationality of political decisions. The current conflict in Ukraine, the article will argue, is a paradigm example of raisons d’etat becoming unhinged from objectively rational strategies and economically rational capitalist motives.
本文以俄罗斯、乌克兰、美国、北大西洋公约组织和欧盟之间当前的冲突为重点,探讨了政治和意识形态在冷战后帝国主义中的作用。文章认为,主要原因不是经济上的,而主要是政治和意识形态上的。虽然有明确的理由可以解释各方的决定,但文章声称,在这些理由与对既定目标和行为者实现这些目标的能力进行客观合理的评估之间存在矛盾。文章的结论是,虽然马克思主义对帝国主义的理解包括对其政治和经济动态的关注,但他们有时会过分强调政治决策的经济和客观合理性。本文认为,当前乌克兰的冲突是一个典型的例子,说明政治理由从客观理性的战略和经济理性的资本主义动机中脱离出来。
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Weaponizing Europe, Countering Eurasia: Mackinder, Brzezinski, Nuland and the Road to the Ukraine War 武器化欧洲,对抗欧亚:麦金德,布热津斯基,纽兰和通往乌克兰战争的道路
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2188575
Tim Beal
ABSTRACT The Ukraine war is a proxy conflict whereby the US hopes to destroy Russia as a challenge to its hegemony. Although the kinetic war has, so far, been confined to Ukraine, Europe is also a key instrument in the American arsenal. However, Europe is also an objective of the war because it forms the western end of Eurasia. This great landmass, principally comprising China, Russia, and Europe, not merely challenges US political and military power, but is a counterbalance to the US-dominated maritime global economy. This essay traces these geostrategic concerns from Mackinder to the present day, within the evolving geopolitical context. Europe is both a weapon of war and a victim, with de-industrialization, immiseration and social turmoil looming. This presents US strategy with problems since the mix of advantages and disadvantages is uncertain and the ramifications unpredictable.
乌克兰战争是一场代理人冲突,美国希望借此摧毁俄罗斯,以挑战其霸权。尽管到目前为止,这场激烈的战争仅限于乌克兰,但欧洲也是美国武器库中的一个关键工具。然而,欧洲也是战争的目标,因为它构成了欧亚大陆的西端。这片主要由中国、俄罗斯和欧洲组成的巨大陆地,不仅挑战了美国的政治和军事实力,而且是对美国主导的海洋全球经济的一种制衡。本文在不断演变的地缘政治背景下,追溯了从麦金德到今天的这些地缘战略问题。欧洲既是战争的武器,也是受害者,去工业化、贫困和社会动荡迫在眉睫。这给美国的战略带来了问题,因为优势和劣势的组合是不确定的,后果是不可预测的。
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Ukraine, World Power and Imperialism 乌克兰,世界强权和帝国主义
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2163364
Roger van Zwanenberg
ABSTRACT At the heart of this conflict of Ukraine war is the American threat to break Russia into multiple states; alongside the Russian threat to create a new global trading currency with China as equal partners. These two contrary themes find themselves in mortal conflict in the land of Ukraine. The argument is that this bigger picture of this war explains why both sides are likely to fight to the end. Neither think that they can concede.
乌克兰战争冲突的核心是美国威胁要将俄罗斯分裂成多个国家;与此同时,俄罗斯威胁要与中国作为平等伙伴创建一种新的全球贸易货币。这两个相反的主题在乌克兰的土地上发生了致命的冲突。争论的焦点是,这场战争的大图景解释了为什么双方都有可能战斗到底。两人都认为自己不能让步。
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An Alternative View of the Ukrainian Conflict: Stephen F. Cohen on the Origins of the New Cold War 乌克兰冲突的另一种观点:斯蒂芬·f·科恩论新冷战的起源
IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2185901
D. Gaido
ABSTRACT This article deals with views of the American scholar of Russian studies Stephen F. Cohen (1928–2020) on what he termed the “new Cold War”—i.e., the confrontation between the United States and Russia brought about by the US-driven expansion of NATO to Eastern Europe. Given the topicality of Cohen’s views for the analysis of the current war in Ukraine, this article offers a summary and critical assessment of Cohen’s analyses and of his warnings about the potential consequences of US foreign policy in Europe. The conclusion is that Cohen’s analysis was vindicated by the outbreak of the current war in Ukraine, but that his “Russo-centric” view is too narrow, and that his analysis must be placed in the larger global context within which the war in Ukraine takes place: US imperialism’s two-pronged aggression against both Russia and China.
本文论述了美国俄罗斯研究学者斯蒂芬·f·科恩(1928-2020)对他所称的“新冷战”的看法。例如,美国推动北约向东欧扩张所带来的美俄对抗。考虑到科恩对当前乌克兰战争的分析观点的话题性,本文对科恩的分析以及他对美国外交政策在欧洲的潜在后果的警告进行了总结和批判性的评估。结论是,科恩的分析被当前乌克兰战争的爆发证明是正确的,但他的“以俄罗斯为中心”的观点过于狭隘,他的分析必须放在乌克兰战争发生的更大的全球背景下:美帝国主义对俄罗斯和中国的双管齐下的侵略。
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