美國霸權下的台美中戰略三角關係變化1991~2004
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
山君豪
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Abstract
After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the United States has become the unique super power in the world during the post cold war era, and has built the unipolar structure in the international politics. The nature of interaction among Taiwan, the United States and the People’s Republic of China has shifted with the change of international situation in the new era.
With the unipolar structure in the wide world and the unique power in the triangle relation among Taiwan, the U.S. and China, the United States has the natural inclination to maintain the superior position in the triangle relation, which will make her more effective to maintain, to solidify and to expand the unipolar structure in the world politics. Moreover, the energy of the unique superpower in the triangle interaction supplies her abounding measures to reach this goal .For that matter, the major energy which shift the triangle relation among Taiwan, the U.S. and China is provided by the United States with her purposes , policies and actions. The U.S. is the most important one in the three sides’ interaction, she plays the crucial role.
The People’s Republic of China is a great developing country in the East Asia, which maybe the potential threat toward the superior position of U.S.over this region and the world’s politics in this century; Contradictorily, China is also a beneficial commercial market for the U.S. and is a indispensable partner to many international issues for the U.S. in the international community. So that, it is a great challenge for U.S. to balance the benefit and the negative effect upon China for the U.S. in the near future. Taiwan,which is a traditional political and military ally to the United States in this region, is a democratic country in the pan-Chinese community and is an important partner in the economic issues to the United States; Furthermore, due to the mutual provocative relation between Taiwan Strait in the past several years, Taiwan, magically, can be a useful mean to contain or to engage China directly and indirectly for the United States in the East-Asian region during the post cold war era.
The superior position of the U.S. in the triangle relation among three players gives her a stance to balance the power among three sides , to ensure the quasi-independent status of Taiwan, to contain China and to maintain the status quo of triangle relation, which benefits the United States.
Taiwan and China are both the players in this triangle interaction, thanks to the unipolar structure of the international politics that the United States has the superior position strongly over Taiwan and China in the triangle interaction, and that will restrict the rational scenario which could be chosen in the interactive process. Taiwan and China will be limited to get their best interests in the process either.
The consequence of triangle interaction among Taiwan, the United States and China will be eventually inclined to benefit the United States under the unipolar structure. The U.S. will intentionally make it happen within the way she can do and will do so for maintaining the superior position in the East-Asian Region and in the world.
Subjects
台美中戰略三角關係
結構現實主義
霸權穩定論
Triangle Relation amng Taiwan- the U.S.-China
Structural Realism
Theory of Hegemonic Stability
Type
thesis