The Possibility of The America-China Military Conflict After The Cold War: Strategic Culture Perspective
| Autor: | Liu,Kun-Chu, 柳昆助 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 The international power equilibrium has shown a status of “One Super Power with Multiple Powers” after the collapse of Soviet Union and the end of Cold War in the 90s. In the mean time, the rise of People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) has substituted for the power vacuum left by the Soviet Union in the Asia-Pacific region, which leads to an indirect challenge to the national interests of the United States (U.S.) in this region. Hence, the U.S. has to reconsider the impacts and consequences of the rise of the P.R.C. The differences of strategic cultures between the U.S. and the P.R.C. are derived from the differences between Western and Eastern cultures. These differences have influences over decision-making mechanisms and conflicts-resolution schemes for the strategic communities respectively. The differences of strategic cultures have shown differences between the U.S. and the P.R.C. in a variety of interactions especially in the post-Cold War era; e.g. the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 2007 Kitty Hawk-Hong Kong Event.This thesis intends to detect primary elements and secondary elements of the U.S. and the P.R.C. strategic cultures respectively by analyzing the confrontations between the two countries, and the major eight elements which impacting strategic cultures. Any sorts of conflicts between the U.S. and the P.R.C. could lead to crises or wars, and have strong impacts toward international system. Therefore, it is of interest to analyze strategic communities with different strategic cultures of the U.S. and the P.R.C. from the perspective of decision making process of national security, and then eventually to predict the likelihood of military conflicts between these two countries. This thesis proposes (1) the different of cultures impact the formulation of strategic cultures, (2) historical experiences serve as a major parameter for decision-makings of different strategic communities, (3) the disagreements of acknowledging contemporary global affairs may cause instability for peace, (4) ideology and systematic differences may act as potential factors for conflicts. Hence, this thesis argues that the differences of strategic cultures may contribute as the unpredictable factors for the U.S. and the P.R.C. potential conflicts. |
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