台灣在當代美國對外戰略部署中的定位：夥伴或棋子

Contemporary Taiwan' Position under Foreign Strategy Deploy for US.: Partner or Chessman

蕭衡鍾(Heng-Chung Hsiao)

《台灣國際研究季刊》 17卷3期 (2021/10) Pp. 121-139

摘要

縱然美中是處於「戰略清晰」態勢下的最大地緣競爭對手，但美國仍並未考慮摒棄其長年以來對台灣的「戰略模糊」政策，美國的對台政策還是以符合其「一中政策」為主軸，通過『台灣關係法』、美中三個公報與「六項保證」的方式，維持美國與台灣之間的關係，其對台承諾是不變、但也不會再更清晰了。美國是不會為了台灣獨立或民進黨挑釁中國，而去觸碰中國的底線紅線與核心利益的，台海和平對於美國而言只是其眼前利益，而不會是其核心利益。

關鍵字

戰略清晰 ； 戰略模糊 ； 一中政策 ； 美中台關係 ； 核心利益

並列摘要

In spring of 2018, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a bill lifting the self-imposed restrictions on the visits of high-level officials between the United States and Taiwan (ROC) - the Taiwan Travel Act (TTA). Meanwhile, the enactment of the TTA also means the policy of the United States toward China has changed slightly. Thanks to the Indo-Pacific Strategic blueprint, the year 2018 witnessed several Taiwan-friendly acts. The 40-year old US-Taiwan relations have clearly entered into a freshly new phase. It is expected that Taiwan may play an even more active security role in the Indo-Pacific region to trade for the US strategic reassurance to side with Taiwan, in-depth military cooperation, and further breakthrough of the bilateral military exchange. This article first observed historical development of the US-Taiwan military exchange, generalizing its features and comparing the present and the past. It then found that the US-Taiwan military exchanges were associated with the US-China relations. However, the Trump administration has been different. President Trump, with his commanding personality and insistent stance on the national interest, has seemed to change the US-Taiwan military exchange mode. It is expected that, driven by some foreign policy friendly to Taiwan, there will be a closer military exchange in a new era of US-Taiwan relations.

並列關鍵字

strategic clarity ； strategic ambiguity ； One China Policy ； US-China-Taiwan Relations ； core interests

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