人类社会的不断发展，导致了越来越严重的“资源性困境”，引发了越来越多的跨越国界的非传统安全问题、威胁与危机。建构非传统安全分析的理论视角，关切与评估非传统安全威胁的现实影响，是每一个国家确定其国家安全方略所必需的。非传统安全在本质上是一种“场域安全”，具有“复合性”与“不对称性”。“外源性非传统安全威胁”是一种源起于全球、地区或国外继而经过扩散影响本国的安全威胁，应对这种威胁又需要多国行为体共同携手，通过“共商、共建、共享”以达成“共治”。外源性非传统安全威胁中的一类是全球性的，另一类是以国际性或区域性为主要特征的，但可以转化为全球性或国家性的，这些威胁对国家安全有着重大影响。在中国面临的非传统安全挑战中，外源性非传统安全威胁约占30%，但其具有更高的复杂性、综合性及不易控性，其在目标、手段、过程中大多具有与军事相交织的特征，因此我国亟须加强解决复合性非传统安全问题的跨国治理能力建设。
The continuous development of human society has led to increasing needs for resources，which has triggered the growth in non-traditional security problems，threats and crises across borders. National security strategy of every country must be based on theoretical analysis of non-traditional security threats and assessment of the real impact of non-traditional security threats. Non-traditional security is essentially a category of “field security”，characterized by complexity and asymmetry. External non-traditional security threats arise from global，regional or foreign causes. They need to be addressed through multinational corporations and co-governance in accordance with the principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration. External non-traditional security threats can be divided into two categories：one is global threats and the other is predominantly international or regional threats which can evolve into global or national threats. These threats have a significant impact on national security. Although external threats only account for 30% of the non-traditional security challenges facing China，they are more complex and challenging than internal threats. They often overlap with military affairs in terms of purpose，means and process. Therefore，to solve complex non-traditional security issues，China needs to strengthen capacity building in the field of cross-border governance.
