Uphold the"Two Coordinates"in Building the Discipline of National Security Studies
National security provides the precondition and foundation for the survival and development of a country.Addressing practical problems confronting China's national security,the discipline of national security studies is of great value,both theoretically and practically.Uphold-ing the"two coordinates,"which are the basic requirement of a holistic approach to national security,will offer spiritual ratio-nale and ideological guarantee for building the discipline of national security studies with Chinese characteristics.The world today is entering a new era when the trans-formation of global politics is accelerating and various security factors are increasing-ly interconnected.Consequently,China's national security is faced with both oppor-tunities and challenges.Building the discipline of national security studies in China hinges on the consensus gather-ing—politically,academically,profession-ally,societally,technologically,and strate-gically—among academic circles.We should strengthen top-level design and policy guidance in building the discipline of national security studies with Chinese characteristics,follow a"small but excel-lent"modality in talent training,and offer secondary disciplines based on practical problems.Thus,"internal construction of key disciplines"can be carried out in tandem with"external coordinated inno-vation."
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