w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of International Relations)2018Year6month2Day, the first hosted by the w88 casino of International Relations, w88 casinoUIBEThe Big Data Politics and International Relations Forum was successfully held. The opening ceremony was hosted by Dai Changzheng, Dean of the w88 casino of International Relations, and Wang Qiang, Vice President of the w88 casino, and Lu Xin, Deputy Director of the Office of the State Information Center, delivered opening speeches.
At the opening ceremony, Wang Qiang pointed out that human society is currently at a turning point from an industrial society to an intelligent society, and artificial intelligence technology has penetrated into every corner of social life. With the explosive growth of data volume and the release of data value, big data is showing huge economic and social value. In a sense, big data has become a new strategic resource, a new industrial blood and a new driving force for scientific and technological progress. This forum mainly focuses on“How data is transforming politics”As this topic unfolds, the topics discussed are not only forward-looking and interdisciplinary, but also of great significance for policy reflection and theoretical reconstruction.
Lv Xin emphasized that from a global perspective, big data has become an important means to promote economic development, promote social governance and improve the level of government supervision. Many countries have deployed big data as a strategic resource and are vying to introduce big data national strategies. Since the promulgation and implementation of the "Action Plan for Promoting the Development of Big Data", our country has made many achievements and positive progress in big data and artificial intelligence. This forum, with the theme of big data politics and international relations, is of great significance. On the one hand, it will help to promote the theoretical and practical development of politics and international relations in the era of big data. On the other hand, it will also help to promote the in-depth application of big data technology in various fields such as national governance, national security, and international relations.
In his opening speech, Dai Changzheng pointed out that in the era of big data, political science and international relations research are facing three major changes: First, political structures and political procedures have undergone changes that are different from those in the past; second, political operating methods and political operating mechanisms are no longer framed by traditional political theory; third, political causal logic and political strategies based on this have also undergone profound changes. We must correctly understand today's information technology revolution, correctly understand the impact and changes brought by the advancement of big data and artificial intelligence technology to all levels of society, and better integrate data science into political science and international relations research.
In the subsequent agenda, focusing on the forum theme of "How Data Changes Politics", representatives from the Foreign Affairs University, East China Normal University, Shandong Normal University, Tsinghua University, Party w88 casino of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, w88 casino of International Relations, Tongji University, Nankai University, "Chinese Social Sciences Magazine, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Central University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology, China Investment magazine, China Institute of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, w88 casino and other well-known domestic universities, scientific research institutes, journals and magazines, and media friends had in-depth discussions and exchanges.
The first session of the forum focused on "Social Change, Power Restructuring and Political Science Research in the Data Era". Chen Zhirui, executive editor of the China Foreign Affairs University's "Foreign Affairs Review" magazine, pointed out that big data is not divided into good big data and bad big data, but people are complex, and the intervention of people makes the data complicated. Big data research should not only discuss relevant cutting-edge technologies, but also discuss morality and ethics. Lu Gang, director of the Institute of International Studies at East China Normal University, pointed out that with the accumulation of personal data and the invention of new data mining tools, citizens' privacy faces major risks; legislation must be strengthened and specialized agencies should be established to ensure the data security of the country and citizens. Zhao Juan, an assistant researcher at the Department of Political Science at Tsinghua University, pointed out that Internet technology is reshaping the way of national governance. Online political inquiry is an innovation in the responsive government system. Through the collection of network data, the government can accurately locate citizens’ wishes and demands, diagnose in real time, resolve conflicts in a timely manner, and avoid risk escalation. Li Feng, a lecturer at the Party w88 casino of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National w88 casino of Administration), based on big data analysis of the national online political inquiry platform, found that citizens have their own understanding of the distribution of responsibilities of different levels of government and party and government departments. Among them, the correlation between appeals to provincial governments and appeals to prefecture-level and municipal-level governments is greater, and appeals to prefectural- and municipal-level governments are more likely to be responded to. Zhao Chen, associate researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, pointed out that network security governance is at a critical crossroads. The current traditional security dilemmas continue to spread to cyberspace. National network security governance must have a sense of innovation, including innovation in thinking, innovation in paths, and innovation in policies. Wang Haibin, associate professor at the w88 casino of International Relations at the w88 casino, pointed out that the country must build a data security system through legislative means to ensure the circulation and openness of data. Li Qi, an associate professor at the w88 casino of Public Administration of Shandong Normal University, pointed out that in the era of big data, as the original political foundation is eroded, the country needs to improve its governance capabilities, improve the data security governance system, maintain the public nature of the government, protect individual rights from being infringed, and prevent the abuse of power and monopoly.
The second session of the forum mainly discussed "Smart Diplomacy and Data-driven Theory Construction of International Relations". Wang Cungang, a professor at the w88 casino of Politics and International Relations at Tongji University, pointed out that the application of big data in diplomacy is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it is helpful to improve the quality of diplomacy between countries, expand the field of diplomacy, and reform diplomatic research methods; on the other hand, with the emergence of new diplomatic media, it may further erode the national attributes of diplomacy and strengthen the inequality of international relations. Qi Haixia, associate professor of the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, believes that currently there are relatively few applications of big data in international relations. It remains to be seen how big data will be used in international relations in the future and what fields it will be used in. Sun Xuefeng, executive vice president of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University, emphasized that big data will promote innovation in international relations theory in two aspects: first, massive data will facilitate scholars to test existing assumptions; second, artificial intelligence and big data applications themselves will become the object of international relations research. Xiong Lili, a professor at the w88 casino of International Relations at the w88 casino, pointed out that big data will have a certain impact on national rationality. Scholars need to explore whether big data can make up for the lack of national rationality and correct national irrational behavior. Liu Feng, deputy dean of the Zhou Enlai w88 casino of Government at Nankai University, believes that big data does not provide new social facts and lacks a more credible causal mechanism. In addition, there are also problems with data homogeneity. Therefore, the current application of big data in international relations research has limitations.
The third session of the forum mainly focused on case presentations, and the topic was “Interdisciplinary Research: New Perspectives, New Models and New Methods”. Feng Shuai, an assistant researcher at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, spoke first. He believed that artificial intelligence can provide a more systematic strategic assessment for countries to formulate relevant strategies. It is possible for international relations research to move towards a new era of algorithms and data. Chen Xuefei, associate professor of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs Management of China Foreign Affairs University, selected the Weibo competition status of the U.S. and Russian embassies in China for research. She foundThrough Weibo data visualizationWe can clearly see the confrontational nature of public diplomacy between the United States and Russia. Chi Zhipei, assistant researcher at the Institute of Defense Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and EconomicsGDELTThe database takes the database as an example to briefly introduce the feasibility of measuring bilateral relations through event collection. Dong Zuozhuang, a lecturer at the Zhou Enlai w88 casino of Government at Nankai University, took the application of social network analysis software as an example and pointed out that by analyzing the characteristics and applicability of the network, we can understand the structure of the alliance, the connections between them, and the impact on the occurrence of conflicts. Xu Jing, associate professor at the w88 casino of Social Sciences, Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology passedGoogle、twitterThe search data analyzed the effect of the international image communication of Shanghai Global City and found that the input and output of Shanghai's image communication are not directly proportional. The concept and way of thinking of building the international image of Shanghai Global City should be changed. Dong Qingling, a professor at the w88 casino of International Relations at the w88 casino, pointed out that data analysis is a high degree of abstraction and simulation of real life. He constructed a data conflict model and predicted the probability of a British terrorist attack through the analysis of text sentiment and text frequency.
The fourth session of the forum mainly discussed the issue of "Technology Application and Data Ethics in Political Science Research". Xu Longdi, an associate researcher at the China Institute of International Studies, pointed out that drones, killer robots or lethal weapon systems provide new means of warfare, but these weapons are difficult to distinguish between military and civilian targets and should be restricted by legislation. Song Wei, a professor at the w88 casino of International Relations at Renmin University of China, pointed out that big data and artificial intelligence can help promote the three major research areas of international relations: explanatory research, normative research, and predictive research. However, when using big data research methods, we must pay attention to three balances: first, the balance of strategy and tactics; second, the balance of explanation and prediction; third, the balance of understanding and guidance. Zhang Haiyang, associate researcher at the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that from the perspective of discipline construction, it is currently necessary to integrate super data platforms such asBAT、FacebookInto the perspective of political science and international relations, although the super data platform has traditional power chips, such as capital, knowledge hegemony, etc., it tends to use new power methods to change people's behavior and cognition. Tan Youzhi, a professor at the w88 casino of International Relations at the w88 casino, pointed out that the current intelligence of major country diplomacy hasABCDThe four major trends are artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing and big data. The data application itself should have a boundary, and the process of diplomatic intelligence should remain vigilant about the data application itself.
Finally, in the summary session, Dai Changzheng said that big data is not only changing the epistemology and methodology of political science and international relations research, but also changing the ontology of political structure and political operation. The topics of this forum are diverse and rich in content. We hope that with everyone’s joint promotion, big data can be deeply integrated with political science and international relations, provide a new knowledge base for discipline construction and open up new knowledge growth points, and provide new ideological inspiration and problem solutions for diplomatic decision-making and strategy formulation.
