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Brief

Foreign Affairs Review is supervised by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC, and sponsored by China Foreign Affairs University. It was launched in 1984, aiming to locate its domain within looking at the world based on China and observing China from the perspective of global view, and take “big international relations” and “big diplomacy” as its main subjects. Its scope covers Chinese diplomacy, big power relations, regional and international order, as well as global governance with its distinctive features. Among the well-known Chinese journals in terms of bibliometric indicators, it has become one of the best journals in the field of international relations. Moreover, it also acts as the authorized journal for China National Association for International Studies (CNAIS). The journal is included in CSSCI.
Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Qin Yaqing

Associate Editor
Zhu Liqun

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Chen Zhirui

Editorial Board
Yin Jiwu, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Wang Fan, China Foreign Affairs University
Wang Yizhou, Peking University
David M. Lampton, The

Institutionalization of the transparency principle and its impacts: a case study of global climate governance

DONG Liang

Foreign Affairs Review,2018,Vol 35,No. 04

Issue of freedom of navigation and Sino-US South China Sea conflict: from the perspective of the natural attribute of the ocean

ZHU Jian

Foreign Affairs Review,2018,Vol 35,No. 04

New development of the exploitation of the international seabed area and marine environmental protection system: review of the Draft Regulations on Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Area

WANG Chao

Foreign Affairs Review,2018,Vol 35,No. 04

The international seabed area (hereinafter referred to as the Area) and its resources are the common heritage of mankind. In order to realize the common interests of mankind, contractors should attach great importance to marine environmental protection in the process of exploring and exploiting resources in the Area and realize the sustainable use of resources in the Area. When facing the upcoming new situation of the commercial exploitation of mineral resources in the Area, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is taking time to develop regulations for the exploitation of mineral resources in the Area in order to ensure the marine environment in the Area free from harmful effects of exploitation activities. At the 23rd session of the ISA in August 2017, the ISA reviewed and published the Draft Regulations on Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Area (hereinafter referred to as Draft Regulations on Exploitation). Comparing to the three regulations on prospecting and exploration already issued by the ISA, the Draft Regulations on Exploitation has made great progress in the marine environmental protection. It puts forward fundamental principles for effectively protecting the marine environment in the Area, develops the environmental impact assessment and monitoring system, and clarifies obligations for marine environmental protection of contractors in the exploitation activities and the responsibilities that sponsoring states should bear. There is no doubt that the Draft Regulations on Exploitation still has some problems in the initiation threshold of environmental impact assessment, relevant environmental standards and regulatory systems. China, as a country that has three different resources and four mining areas in the Area should strive to play its role in the ISA, actively participate in the process of formulating regulations on the exploitation of mineral resources in the Area, and further improve domestic deep-sea legal system so as to make domestic preparation for the commercial exploitation of resources in the Area.

Relocating embassy to Jerusalem: domestic politics and Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda setting

DIAO Daming

Foreign Affairs Review,2018,Vol 35,No. 04

Path dependence, critical juncture and institutional change of the Arctic Council: an analysis based on historical institutionalism

WANG Chenguang

Foreign Affairs Review,2018,Vol 35,No. 04

Responding to the South China Sea crisis: measures and limits of ASEAN’s “self-healing”

LIU Ruonan

Foreign Affairs Review,2018,Vol 35,No. 04