Introduction 7
Karol Żakowski, Interpersonal Connections Do Matter: Evolution of DPJ Factions 11 Agnieszka Ploetzing, Strategic Points of Japan-North Korea Relations 29
Ivaila Aleksova, Non-traditional Security Instruments of the Foreign Policy of Japan (Focus on Human Security Concept) 43
Runya Qiaoan, Devil in the Making: Deep Structure of Sino-Japanese Wartime Cultural Products in China and Its Influence on Chinese Nationalism 55
Klaudia Malczewska, Chinese Claim to the South China Sea under International Law 67
Yang Long, Chen Xin, Jiang Liu, Characteristics and Functions of International Friendship Cities of China – And Prospects of Local Cooperation in Sino-Poland Relations 81
Oleg Timofeev, China’s Approach in Crimean Crisis: International and Regional Dimensions 97
Andrea Chiriu, Wait and See: China’s Attitude towards the Ukrainian Crisis (November 2013 – September 2014) 111
Weijin Wang, Analysis on China’s Cyber Diplomacy 143
Andrzej Kozłowski, The “Cyber Weapons Gap.” The Assessment of the China’s Cyber Warfare Capabilities and Its Consequences for Regional Security System 161