隐形的霸权主义和强权政治——从1977年新的《巴拿马运河条约》看卡特时期的人权外交政策

Latent Hegemonism and Power Politics—Human Rights Foreign Policy in Return of Panama Canal

1977年1月,吉米·卡特入主白宫,就以过去历届总统从未有过的声势提出并推行人权外交政策,从此,人权成为美国对外政策的基本准则。他上台后不久就将这一外交政策运用到实际的外交行动中,同年9月7日,经过漫长的谈判后,与巴拿马签订了新的《巴拿马运河条约》。本文通过分析该条约签署的背景和过程以及条约在美国国会里获得通过的过程,可以看到,所谓的人权外交,其实质是在特定的历史条件下被迫隐形的霸权主义和强权政治。

In January of 1977, Jimmy Carter brought forward and pushed human rights foreign policy. He was the first American president who pushed the systematic human rights foreign policy. From then on, human rights became the basic guide line of American foreign policy. Before long, he made use of this foreign policy in an actual diplomatic issue. On September 7 th of this year, American government and Panama subscribed the new Panama Canal Treatiesafter a long time of negotiating. By analyzing the background and p...