简介:2012isayearofelectionsthroughouttheworldandinNortheastAsiancountriesinparticularmarksayearofshiftsinleadership.WillthenewleaderschangepreviouspoliciestowardstheKoreanPeninsula?Howextensivewilltheseadjustmentsbeandinwhatdirectionwilltheylead?Suchquestionspointtomajorchangesin2012.
简介:Sincethebeginningofthe21stcentury,andinparticularafterthe2008worldfinancialcrisis,relationsbetweenthegreatpowershavebeenundergoingaprofoundtransformation,andinternationalpatternshavechangedsignificantly.AlthoughnotasdramaticandunexpectedasthedisintegrationoftheformerSovietUnionandtheendoftheColdWar,thisdirefinancialcrisisforebodesanirreversibletrendofmultipolarizationintheworld,andexertsadeepinfluenceonworldpatterns.Thestrawinthewindisthechangesinrelationsbetweenthegreatpowers.