经济外交与冷战史研究新视野

The Economic Diplomacy and the New Vision of Cold War History Studies

经济外交是认识和理解冷战历史的重要研究角度。经济外交与对外经济战略、对外经济关系、私人企业对外交往活动有着较为明显的联系与区别。对外援助是经济外交最重要的表现形式。美国相关解密外交档案的启示作用,一是帮助澄清了经济外交是美国实现冷战目标的最重要工具之一;二是冷战时期美国对第三世界国家实施的经济援助计划,是其遏制苏联大战略的有机组成部分。

The economic diplomacy is an important angle of vision in the Cold War studies.There are significant connections and differences between economic diplomacy and foreign economic strategy,foreign economic relations,foreign economic activities of the private enterprises.Foreign aid is the most important manifestation of economic diplomacy.The relevant reports of declassified U.S.diplomatic archives give us some important enlightenment.On the part of the USA,the economic diplomacy is one of the most important tools of realizing its Cold War objectives.Moreover,the economic assistance programs the United States implemented during the Cold War aimed at Third World countries,are integral parts of its grand strategy of containing the Soviet Union.