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This article is devoted to the interpretation of the key Chinese
diplomatic concept of 'Renlei Mingyun gongtongti' ('a community with a shared
future for mankind') based on the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage
(NSM), which tries to reduce the semantics of all lexicons to a limited set of
semantic primitives. The goals of the study are, firstly, to reveal the essence of
this concept in Chinese, secondly, to analyze the options for its translation into
English and Russian, and thirdly, to interpret it with the help of Minimal Language, which is the latest development of the theory of NSM. 'Renlei Mingyun
gongtongti' consists of three parts: 'renlei' means the whole of humanity, 'mingyun' means all the good and bad events (opportunities and challenges) that
humanity will face in the future, and 'gongtongti' means the mutual exchange
of opportunities and responsibility to challenges. Due to the complexity of these
concepts, questions of their perception also arise. These questions force us to
find another way of interpretation, namely with the help of words that are semantically simpler, objective and almost universal in all languages of the world,
which help to maximize the simplicity and universality of the interpretation of
more complex diplomatic concepts. The scientific novelty of the study is that
this is the first attempt by Chinese russianists to interpret this diplomatic concept
using Minimal Language.

In May 1989, the former foreign minister of Malaysia, Abu Hassan Omar, called on the countries of the ASEAN to form a "Defence Community" which would take them to "new heights of political and military co-operation". Since its inception, ASEAN's concept of regional order has centred on the creation of a Southeast Asian "security community". The very idea of an ASEAN "defence community" constitutes a markedly different goal than the idea of "security community". The author examines the proposal for an ASEAN defence community. (DÜI-Sen)

Argues that nationalism, community and sovereignty are psychological in nature. That nationalism corresponds to deep-seated needs explains why specific nationalisms are so enduring. Presents a fresh analysis of devolution and looks at how the new factor of globalisation has affected the concept of 'nation-state'. (SJK)