美欧军费矛盾的历史沿革与发展走向

Contradictions between the US and Europe on Military Expenditure:Historical Evolution and Development Trend

美欧有关提高军费开支的矛盾,在北约成立之后便开始存在,历届美国政府都为解决该矛盾而采取了措施。从美欧军费矛盾的历史沿革中可以发现其有三个特性,这些特性在特朗普时期仍然较为明显。特朗普政府为使其欧洲盟国增加军费开支,采取了较为强硬的施压方式,导致美欧军费矛盾骤然升级。美欧军费矛盾在特朗普时期与里根时期有相似之处,但其受特朗普个人因素的影响较为明显,且与同时期美欧其他问题相牵连。未来,美欧军费矛盾可能会依然较为激烈,并对美欧俄和美欧中关系带来一定的负面影响。

Contradictions between the US and Europe over increasing military expenditure have been in existence ever since the founding of NATO,and every American government since then has taken measures to resolve the contradictions.From the historical evolution of the contradictions,one may see three distinctive features,which still exist during the Trump administration.To prompt European allies to raise military expenditure,the Trump administration has taken rather tough measures to put pressures on them,which has led to a drastic escalation of contractions between them on the issue of military expenditure.Although the contradictions on military expenditure between the US and Europe during the Trump administration are quite similar to those during the Reagan administration,they are somewhat different as affected by Trump’s personal factor and linked to other issues between the US and Europe.In future,the US and Europe are likely to remain in fierce contradiction over the issue of military expenditure.While increasing military expenditure may strengthen the defense capacity of NATO,it will also widen the division within NATO and exert certain negative impacts on the US-Europe-Russia and the US-Europe-China relationships.