Over the past year, regional hot spots such as the Ukraine crisis and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have deepened the crisis in global security and governance. Most recently, the United States forcible seizure of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a large-scale strike has further escalated regional tensions and drawn widespread international condemnation as a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty and international law.
Against the backdrop of widening deficits in peace, development, security and global governance, China’s proposed initiatives, including the Global Governance Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, offer a framework to promote dialogue, multilateral cooperation, and respect for the core principles of the United Nations Charter, experts said.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the US and other Western countries have imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia while simultaneously seeking to apply diplomatic pressure, including the new US administration’s efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
However, these efforts have failed to deliver the intended outcomes, said Wan Qingsong, an associate research professor at the Center for Russian Studies of East China Normal University in Shanghai.
“For US President Donald Trump, the move appears to be a calculated final push ahead of the midterm elections, aimed at delivering on his campaign pledge to ‘resolve the Ukraine crisis’. However, recent opinion polls have shown that only about one-third of surveyed American citizens approve of Trump’s peace plan,” he said.
The resolution of the Ukraine crisis has entered a new critical juncture. Addressing this complex international challenge, which involves domestic political dynamics, the reshaping of the regional and global order, and relations among major powers, cannot rely solely on Trump’s peace plan. It requires the concerted efforts of the international community committed to peace, Wan said.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has reached a critical juncture, fueling concerns that it could escalate into a broader European confrontation. What began as a regional dispute has now evolved into a serious challenge to peace and stability across the continent, said Zamir Ahmed Awan, founding chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Pakistan.
Moreover, US policy in the Middle East has further aggravated regional instability and deepened the humanitarian crisis, he said.
“The US claims of supporting a ‘rules-based international order’ ring hollow when it actively undermines those very rules to serve its own interests. It is time for Washington to move beyond rhetoric about peace and demonstrate it through concrete actions,” Awan added.
To cope with these ongoing crises, China has consistently upheld that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter observed, the legitimate security concerns of all parties taken seriously, and all efforts conducive to peace supported, he said.
“From this perspective, China’s initiatives offer not only constructive pathways for addressing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but also potential solutions to other protracted conflicts worldwide,” Awan said.
在过去的一年里，诸如乌克兰危机和以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突等地区热点问题加剧了全球安全与治理方面的危机。最近，美国在一次大规模军事行动中强行扣押了委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其夫人，这进一步加剧了地区紧张局势，并受到了国际社会的广泛谴责，被视为侵犯了委内瑞拉的主权和违反了国际法。
在和平、发展、安全以及全球治理方面不断出现财政赤字扩大的背景下，中国提出的诸如“全球治理倡议”和“全球安全倡议”等倡议，为促进对话、多边合作以及尊重联合国宪章的核心原则提供了框架，专家们如是说。
自乌克兰危机爆发以来，美国及其他西方国家对俄罗斯实施了全面制裁，同时也在寻求施加外交压力，包括新一届美国政府试图促成俄罗斯与乌克兰之间的和平协议。
上海华东师范大学俄罗斯研究中心的副研究员万清松表示：“然而，这些努力并未达到预期效果。”
“对于美国总统唐纳德·特朗普而言，这一举措似乎是在中期选举前精心策划的最后冲刺，旨在兑现其竞选时所作出的‘解决乌克兰危机’的承诺。然而，最近的民意调查结果显示，仅有约三分之一接受调查的美国民众支持特朗普的和平计划。”他说道。
乌克兰危机的解决已进入一个新的关键阶段。要应对这一复杂的国际挑战（其中涉及国内政治动态、地区和全球秩序的重塑以及大国之间的关系），不能仅仅依靠特朗普的和平计划。这需要致力于和平的国际社会共同努力，万表示。
乌克兰当前的冲突已进入关键阶段，这引发了人们对于其可能演变成一场更广泛的欧洲冲突的担忧。扎米尔·艾哈迈德·阿万表示，这场起初只是地区性争端的事件，如今已演变成对整个欧洲大陆和平与稳定构成的严重威胁。艾万是巴基斯坦一家智库“全球丝绸之路研究联盟”的创始主席。
他说：“此外，美国在中东的政策进一步加剧了地区的不稳定局势，并加深了人道主义危机。”
阿万补充道：“美国声称支持‘基于规则的国际秩序’，但其却在公然破坏这些规则以服务于自身利益，这种说法实在令人难以信服。华盛顿是时候不再只是空谈和平，而要通过实际行动来证明这一点了。”
为应对这些持续存在的危机，中国一直坚持认为，必须尊重所有国家的主权和领土完整，遵守《联合国宪章》的宗旨和原则，认真对待各方的合理安全关切，并支持一切有利于和平的努力。
阿万表示：“从这个角度来看，中国的倡议不仅为解决俄乌冲突提供了具有建设性的途径，而且也为全球其他长期冲突提供了潜在的解决方案。”
Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, chief executive officer of Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development, said that the Ukraine crisis has revealed that the so-called rules-based order has eroded, that hegemonic ambitions are resurfacing, and that a Cold War mindset is reemerging.
At present, the global governance system remains dominated by a small number of Western countries that exploit others, while Cold War mentalities, hegemonism and protectionism continue to persist, he added.
Therefore, resolving major global conflicts requires addressing the deeper challenges embedded in the global order and the global governance system, Ramay said.
“The GSI and GGI launched by China offer constructive support. Those initiatives seek to build a fair international order in which all countries have a voice and share in the benefits of development. The five key principles of the GGI: respecting sovereign equality, upholding international rule of law, practicing genuine multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and emphasizing concrete actions, provide a pathway to help reverse these crises,” he said.
Moreover, countries in the Global South should strengthen coordination, make full use of multilateral platforms such as the UN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, amplify their collective voice, and work together to contribute wisdom and solutions to regional and global challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ramay added.
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