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Dr. Xue Li, Director of Department of International Strategy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Great powers are often serving as major actors in nation-state system. Currently South China Sea (SCS) is no doubt a hotly debated topic among great power balances. A state’s foreign policy is shaped by its national interests, thus the weight of certain issue decides to what extent the government could be dedicated to. Vertically, based on its importance, national interests could be categorized into four layers, The first is core interest, that is key to the country’s survival, as heart and brain to human body; The second one is important interest, that refers to issues have significant influence to the nation’s development, like hands and feet. The third layer is general interest that has impacts on development or some functions rather than the regime’s existence, like fingers. The last one is secondary interest that includes issues have little influence to the whole state, like nails and hair. Horizontally, national interests also could be divided into four aspects, that is, politics, economy, military and culture.
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