Abstract: World politics research aims to explain the basic nature and institutional changes of international relations and domestic politics. The current international order is tending towards being equal, while hegemonism and power politics are becoming increasingly unpopular. The reasons are presented as follows. From the perspective of world politics research, first, technological revolution, the struggle for recognition, and the promotion of industrial transfer are the fundamental driving forces for the evolution of the international order. Second, the changes in the power structure among countries and the rise and fall of trends of political thought are the direct driving forces for the evolution of the international order. And third, international political struggle is the basic mechanism that shapes the rise and fall of trends of political thought, which are transformed into international order and norms; it specifically includes three basic modes of interaction: advocacy by the leading country, learning and socialization, and political compromise.

Key words: world politics research, evolution of the international order, trends of political thought, equal international order

摘要： 世界政治研究旨在解释国际关系和国内政治基本性质和基本制度变迁。当前的国际秩序正不断趋于平等，霸权主义和强权政治越来越不得民心。究其原因，从世界政治研究的视角来看，技术革命、追求承认的斗争和产业转移的推动是国际秩序变迁的根本动力，国家间力量格局的变化和世界政治思潮的兴衰是国际秩序变迁的直接动力，而国际政治斗争是塑造政治思潮兴衰并将政治思想转变为国际秩序、国际规范的基本作用机制，其具体包括主导国倡导、学习和社会化以及政治妥协三种基本作用模式。

关键词: 世界政治研究, 国际秩序变迁, 政治思潮, 平等的国际秩序