The Mutual Construction Of Regional Security Structure And Small Country Security Strategy

The small country security strategy is a concentrated reflection of the security behavior,security concerns,and security goals of the small country.Since most threats are easier to spread in short distances than in long distances,countries tend to pay more attention to short-range threats and more concerned with security issues closer to their territory.On this basis,the regional security structure,which is composed of regional power relations and regional social construction,has shaped the choice spectrum of the small country’s security strategy to some extent.Specifically,the social construction model of “conflict form → security mechanism → security community”can reflect the self-identity and threat perception of small countries in a region,define their core interests,and then determine their security behavior and security strategy Orientation: For small countries in conflict-prone areas,survival is the top priority,so small countries tend to “confront” in general;for small countries in areas with security mechanisms,power and survival are the top priorities,so In general,small countries will tend to "hedge";for small countries in areas that present a security community,development is the top priority,so overall small countries will tend to "cooperate." For the "unipolar → bipolar → multipolar" regional power relations,for the small countries in the region,it means the strength of the system pressure and the number of strategic choices.Specifically: unipolar means that the small countries are subject to system constraints in the region Strong and optional specific strategies are few,so the implementation of specific strategies will tend to be conservative;the two poles mean that the system constraints imposed by the small country in the region are moderate,and the number of alternative strategies increases,so the specific strategy implementation will tend to sway;multipolar means Small countries are subject to weak system constraints in the region and many specific strategies are available,so the implementation of specific strategies will tend to be diversified.At the same time,different security strategies of small countries will show different regional security roles,and regional security roles will lead to different modes of actuation,which will affect the shape of regional security structure at the level of regional social construction.Specifically,"confrontation" corresponds to the security role of "troublemaker","hedging" corresponds to the security role of "rational neutral",and "cooperation" corresponds to the security role of "peace defender".These three security roles will be There are three different modes of actuation:positive,volatile,and negative.Examining with North Korea ’s nuclear security strategy,we can find that: since the Cold War,Northeast Asia ’s security structure has undergone roughly four periods of change: during the Cold War period,it presented a “conflict form — bipolar”model;after the end of the Cold War,it presented “conflict Form → security mechanism-unipolar mode;from the beginning of the 21 st century to 2017,it presents the mode of "conflict form → security mechanism-multipolar";after 2017,it presents "conflict form → security mechanism-multipolar(Extreme number growth)" model.Changes in the security structure of Northeast Asia have also shaped the specific form of North Korea ’s nuclear security strategy: The Cold War period was the gestation stage of North Korea ’s nuclear security strategy.At this stage,North Korea focused on cultivating nuclear weapons construction personnel and building a nuclear industry foundation;after the end of the Cold War,North Korea The trial stage of the nuclear security strategy,this stage of North Korea ’s diplomatic efforts and nuclear weapons development go forward;from the beginning of the 21 st century to 2017 is the comprehensive advancement stage of North Korea ’s nuclear security strategy.In this stage,North Korea concentrates its efforts on developing nuclear weapons and corresponding delivery and strike capabilities,Relevant diplomatic efforts also serve the nuclear security strategy;after 2017 is the transformation phase of North Korea ’s nuclear security strategy.At this stage,North Korea began to adjust the main objectives of its nuclear security strategy,focusing on contacts and negotiations with the United States and using nuclear weapons as a bargaining chip.And decision support.At the same time,North Korea ’s nuclear security strategy has also exerted more and more influence on the social construction of Northeast Asia,from a small impact during the Cold War period,to a positive and negative coexisting wave construction model after the end of the Cold War,to the early 21 st century to 2017 Negative construction model of the year,and finally in 2017,after its transformation of nuclear safety strategy,it presents a positive construction model at this stage.