CONTENTS

Security and Development

The Growing Global Security Risks Exacerbated by Russia-Ukraine Military Conflict Making it Necessary for China to Accelerate the Building of Systems to Protect Its Overseas Interests 

Yuan Ze

Promoting the Construction of National Security Studies with Chinese Characteristics through a Systematic Concept 

Dong Chunling

Legal Perspective

On the Status of the Law on Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China in China’s System of the Rule of Law in Foreign Matters 

Huang Jin

Themed Studies

Developing Private Businesses and Promoting the Growth of the Private Sector in Pursuit of Chinese Modernization 

Yang Yiyong 

A Vicious Cycle of the U.S. Medical Dilemma — An Analysis Based on the Medical Industrial Complex 

Li Qingsi/Xu Hongbo

Feature on Belt and Road

On the Epoch-making Significance of the Belt and Road Initiative

Yu Sui

Prospects of Cooperation Between China and Russia Under the Belt and Road Initiative with Russia’s Speedup in the Process of Looking EastwardShang YueThe Belt and Road Initiative & The Building of a China-Central Asia Community with a Shared Future 

Yang Jin/Yang Bohan

The Trend of Political and Security Restructuring in Central Asia Under the Changing Situation in Eurasia 

Xu Tao

Construction Updates on the Belt and Road (July/August 2023)