摘要
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee, has creatively put forward a holistic approach to national security, making a major breakthrough beyond the traditional national security concepts and providing the world with a new one characterized by universality and inclusivity. This thesis uses a holistic approach to national security to analyze the ongoing Russia–Ukraine crisis: its underlying causes, latest developments, tactics deployed,and potential implications. The outbreak of the Russia–Ukraine crisis highlights the antagonism between different national security paths of the US, Russia, and Ukraine. Moreover, the crisis has proven the correctness of the path of national security with Chinese characteristics and the importance of pursuing peaceful development. The process of the Russia–Ukraine crisis has foregrounded the necessity and scientificity of balancing development and security—that is, a higher level of national security provides a guarantee and support for high-quality development, which in turn improves its competence and efficiency. Typified by intertwined traditional and non-traditional security issues, the form of the Russia–Ukraine crisis has indicated that, to safeguard national security, China must coordinate a full spectrum of security issues, be prepared for worst-case scenarios, and remain keenly alert to potential dangers. Efforts must be made to strengthen a well-coordinated, interconnected, and multi-pronged approach. The consequences of the Russia–Ukraine crisis shed light on the complexity of the international security environment where disorder prevails, and underscore the importance of paying equal attention to our security and that shared by the world. China must continue to encourage all other countries to pursue peaceful development, actively respond to the legitimate security concerns of the international community, and promote a new type of international security framework that features mutually beneficial cooperation under the vision of a community with a shared future for humanity.