摘要
北约东扩是影响欧洲安全格局的重大事件。克林顿政府是北约扩大的主要推动和策划者。本文从文献分析入手 ,探讨克林顿政府推动北约扩大的缘由、决策的最终确定 ,以及北约东扩自身演变的影响。本文认为 ,北约东扩主要是个政治决定 ,扩大的北约发挥的主要是政治功能 ,目标是尽快使东中欧国家融入北约和使其成功实现向西方政治和经济体系的转型。与此同时 ,北约东扩具有弱化其军事功能的可能 ,但其军事功能仍将在相当长时期内继续存在 ,原因在于防范、警戒乃至遏制一旦向西方体系转型失败而恢复扩张主义传统的俄罗斯。俄罗斯的转型与北约的转变相互影响 ,双方之间的互动关系将对北约转变的最终结果产生决定性影响。
NATO's eastward expansion, planned and started by the Clinton administration, was an important development influencing European security. Starting from literature analysis, the article explores the reasons why the Clinton administration pushed forward the expansion of NATO, how the final decision was made and what is the influence of the evolving expansion itself. The NATO expansion is a political decision. An expanded NATO gives full play to political functions, aimed at merging East European nations into NATO and bringing about their transformation into the Western political and economic system. Although the expansion may weaken NATO's military functions, they will exist for a rather long time with the purpose to guard against or contain Russia if it fails to integrate itself into the west and restores its traditional expansionism. The Russian transformation and NATO's adjustment influence each other. How they react to each other will shape the future configuration of NATO.
出处
《美国研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2001年第2期54-69,共16页
The Chinese Journal of American Studies
