摘要
从2006年5月至2007年6月,经过一年多艰苦谈判,美韩终于签署了自由贸易协定文件。与多数学者主要从经济利益角度进行解释不同,本文认为美韩签署自由贸易协定的深层动因是出于联盟转型的需要。在冷战时期的美韩双边关系中,经济利益仅仅作为附属性因素服务于军事关系,美韩联盟因而只是一个单一性的军事联盟。冷战结束后,东亚安全形势的新变化使这一联盟遇到了很大的挑战。美国自2003年起进行的驻韩美军调整,虽然取得了成功,但其试图将联盟转化为地区联盟甚至全球联盟的做法却没有取得预期的效果,而与韩国签署的自由贸易协定所发挥的功能恰恰弥补了这一缺失。
After hard negotiation for over one year,the United States and the Republic of Korea finally signed FTA in June,2007. Did the two countries sign FTA purely out of economic consideration? Unlike most scholars who view the signing of FTA from economic perspective,the author of this article holds that the deeper cause lies in the need for transition of alliance. In cold war years,U.S.-South Korea allianice was mainly a military alliance. But after the end of the cold war,the alliance encountered serious challenges as a result of the change in East Asia security situation. The adjustment of American military position in South Korea since 2003 has achieved some success but the attempt of turning the alliance into a regional or even global alliance has not been successful. The role of FTA signed by the two countries will make up for such failure.
出处
《国际论坛》
CSSCI
北大核心
2010年第3期19-24,共6页
International Forum