冷战后亨廷顿美国国家利益观评析

Analysis of Samuel Huntington's American National Interests after the Cold War

冷战后,美国国家安全环境发生了重大变化,美国开始寻求新的国家利益。亨廷顿认为,在确定国家利益的过程中,美国一度将商业利益和种族利益置于国家利益之上,美国国家利益被侵蚀了。他呼吁美国要寻求真正的国家利益,美国要克制、内敛,尽可能限制对世界事务的卷入,以便将来更好地服务于美国国家利益,亨廷顿提出了带有保守倾向的政治理念和战略思想。

After the Cold War, American security environments have changed greatly. Therefore, America began to search new national interests. However, American government put the commercial and ethnic interests in the first place, and American National Interests were eroded. Samuel Huntington advocated that America should restrain and limit to be involved in the world affairs in order to get more active national interests in the near future. Finally, Huntington put forwards advice, including seeking enemy, playing balance of power and maintaining American hegemony, and reflected his conservative thoughts inclination.