美国中东战略调整与中国公共外交之应对

U.S. Middle East Strategic Adjustment and China's Public Diplomacy Countermeasures

目前,美国中东战略进入调整阶段,许多传统盟友关系存在变化和动摇的可能。究其原因,中东地区对于美国而言之所以重要的内在因素发生了变化,美国调整的重要特点是弱化军事存在,加强外交特别是公共外交手段的运用。面对这一局面,中国应尽早明确和提升对中东地区这一重要能源供应地和广阔消费市场的战略定位,通过有针对性的公共外交手段予以反制。

As the Middle East policy of the USA is undergoing a process of strategic adjustment, it is possible to see changes and instability in traditional alliance. This adjustment is based on shift of the Middle East＇s role valued by America, which changes from an important energy supplier to a strategic instrument bridling China＇s development. Since this kind of shift is caused by growing shale revolution in the States and its profound influence upon American geopolitics, big oil-producing countries in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, will become competitors to the United States. Any unrest in these countries will indirectly upgrade American status as an energy exporter and directly affect even threaten China＇s economic development .The main feature of American adjustment in this regard is to reduce its military presence and strengthen the role of diplomacy, especially public diplomacy. In this context, China must, on one hand, confirm and elevate its strategic positioning to the Middle East, a key energy supplier and a large consumption market .On the other hand, China needs to counter the threat through individualized public diplomacy measures.