文化价值观在对外政策中的重要作用

Vital role of cultural values in foreign policy

对外政策是国家决策者为了实现国家利益而制定的处理与他国或其他国家行为体关系的战略和行动方针。由于对外政策的几乎所有问题都不单是物质利益的问题,而是广泛地涉及到价值认同和道德伦理评判,文化价值观在国家对外政策的制定和实施中发挥着深刻而持久的作用。首先,文化价值观确定了国家对"我者"的认同,其次,文化价值观是确定与"他者"关系的重要依据,第三,文化价值观决定了大国对外政策的道义追求。

Foreign policy is made up of strategies and action plans pursued by a country's policy makers in its dealings with other countries or other State actors in order to achieve national objectives. All issues concerning foreign policy involve not only material interests, but also a value identity as well as morality and ethic evaluations; thus, cultural values have profound and lasting impact on the making and implementation of foreign policy. First, the cultural values determine a nation's identity of 'us;' second, cultural values are animportant basis for determining the relationship with 'others;' third, cultural values determine the moral pursuit of a country's foreign policy.