北约扩大进程中德国的战略选择与作用

The Strategic Choice and Roles of Germany in the NATO's Enlargement Process

冷战结束后德国最早看到了拓展国家利益、维护中东欧地区稳定与填补苏联解体后留下的权力真空之间的关联,并成为北约东扩的倡导者,积极敦促北约盟主美国启动北约东扩的进程。但在波兰、捷克和匈牙利加入北约、德国的安全环境得到改善之后,德国对北约东扩的态度开始从积极交得消极,这同美国后期力主北约东扩的立场形成反差。强调国家利益、倚重北约但不被其束缚是德国政策转向的内在原因。

In the aftermath of the post-Cold War,it is Germany who first foresaw the inherent connection between the expansion of national interests,stability of Central and Eastern Europe and the chance to fill the power vacuum after the collapse of the Soviet Union.Germany thus became the most active advocator of NATO eastern enlargement and urged the United States to take a lead in initiating the process.However,after the admission of Poland,Czech and Hungary to the NATO,which greatly improved Germany' s security environment,Germany tuned to treat the NATO's eastern enlargement negatively,an attitude in sharp contrast with that of the US.A policy emphasizing its own national interests rather than depending on the NATO underlies Germany's changing attitudes towards the NATO enlargement process.