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Politicians’Cognitive Ability in the Perspective of National Political Security
                                                                                       JIANG Tian - Yu  61



             〔 Abstract〕As the importance of national security has been increasingly emphasized,studies on state capacity

             need to go beyond examining administrative middle - level capacities and focus more on strategic,macro - level
             capacities. It is crucial to reintegrate the role of political groups into state theory and reestablish the political na

             ture of state capacity. This paper posits that the cognitive ability of politicians is a type of macro - level state ca
             pacity that impacts national security. According to comparative political development studies, politicians’cogni
             tive ability can be considered a meta - competence of state capacity, demonstrating its significance during pivotal

             moments of institutional change. This is manifested in the understanding and utilization of regime or leadership
             issues,institutional issues, and ideological issues by the group of politicians, thereby profoundly influencing na

             tional security. This perspective also offers a fresh conceptual framework for analyzing the development and rise
             and fall of nations.

             〔 Key words〕politicians’cognitive ability;state capacity;political security;politicians’group





             Communication and Governance:A Functional Analysis of Leaders’Epistolary Politics———A
             Case Study on Xi Jinping’ s Selected Letters ( Vol. 1)    CHEN Zhen  WANG Chuan - Li  72




             〔 Abstract〕Political discourse underpins political operations,while social and economic conditions constrain its
             production,circulation, and consumption. Political expressions derived from documents highlight the uniqueness
             of China’ s political operations,characterized by rich and diverse discourse connotations. As a unique type of

             political document,leaders’letters serve dual functions of communication and governance through specific dis
             course presentations. An analysis of General Secretary Xi Jinping’ s responses, ranging from historical to contem

             porary issues,from phenomena to their essence, and from text to practice since the 18th National Congress of the
             Communist Party of China, reveals that concise texts with rich topical content, ample problem awareness, and a

             strong call - to - action tone have gained widespread significance. These letters not only secure political and ad
             ministrative authority,akin to general political documents, but also fulfill the function of ideological and political

             education,thereby educating citizens and facilitating political communication and social governance. Viewing
             governance changes through the lens of documents and discerning governance dynamics from response letters ex
             pand the scope of traditional document politics research, thus offering an epistolary politics discourse window for

             understanding the new chapter of governance in the new era.
             〔 Key words〕Political Discourse; Governance of China; the General Secretary’ s Reply Letters; Epistolary Poli

             tics
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