Radical Islam and International Security. A Chinese Perspective

Speaker

LIANG Yabin, 梁亚滨, Professor, Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC

ABSTRACT:

“In 1993, Samuel P. Huntington had argued that post Cold War conflicts would most frequently andviolently occur because of cultural rather than ideological differences, and the West should haveabandoned the imposition of its ideals of democratic universalism and its incessant militaryinterventionism. Of course, he received harsh critics because of this, including those of China.Twenty years later, we are facing a situation where more and more people would like to linkterrorism to radical Islam, especially in China, because we are currently suffering severe terrorismattacks.No doubt terrorism has become a main threat in international security. How to understand the risingup of radical Islam is a key factor we should tackle. Poverty, underdevelopment and hopelessnessshould be considered as the main reasons behind this phenomenon. Therefore, we need toundermine the basis of radical Islam through education, economic development and mutualunderstanding.”

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