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Limin How toUnderstandtheInternationalOrder andItsTransformation LinLimin* atiStheinternationalorder?ProfessorZhaoXiaochundefineditas W thes“tandardsandspecificationsestablishedbythemembersofthe internationalsystem inordertomaintainitSstabilityandnormaloperation aswellcoordinatingand addressinginternationalaffairs，andactingasa guaranteemechanism，adecision—makingprocessandproviding rulesof agenda”．ProfessorCaiTuodefinesitasthe “specificnorms，institution， structure and system formulated by nationalactorsin the processof internationalintercourseand interaction”．ProfessorYuanPengdefinesit asthe “internationalprinciplesand instiuttion establishedbymajor countriesaftermuchdebateandcooperationinordertostandardizeglobal actions”．Based on these，Professor Qin Yaqing concludes： “the internationalordercanberoughlydividedintothreetypes，namelyapower order,an orderofurlesand an orderofcomprehensiverelations”．He furthersubdividesthesethreeinto “fiveforms”：themodelofunipolar domination． bipolar confrontation， bipolar cooperation， multilateral coordination．andthatoftheloosemultilateralnegotiation(comprehensive rulesofrelationship)．Theaboveisasummaryofthelatestunderstanding byChinesescholarsontheinternationa1order．Theyshow greattheoretical innovation。 Inshort．theinternationalordershouldnotbeseparatedfrom power (and the interaction between differentpowers)，urles (guidelines， principles，andspecifications)andinstiuttionsandmechanismsbasedon powerandurles．Thisgoesforanytimeinhistory． According to western international political theory and the Lin LiminisResearch ProfessoratCICIR andEditorin ChiefofContemporary InternationalRelations． 76 C V01．24 No．3 HowtoUnderstandtheInternationalOrderandItsTransformation mainstream Chineseacademicview,theinternationalorderhasundergone sixmajorchangesinmodern times．Thesechan