拜登政府的“中产阶级外交”

A Preliminary Analysis of“A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class”Agenda of the Biden Administration

"中产阶级外交"是拜登及其团队在竞选期间提出的外交议程,也是其政府重点推动的政策承诺。在经贸政策上体现为提升自身竞争力、制定经济全球化新规则、团结"民主国家"经济体;在安全政策上表现为重视外交而非军事手段及保持克制。"中产阶级外交"是对特朗普政府外交政策的折中,旨在回应美国内外问题加剧、国际形象与地位恶化的现实,并有助于整合民主党内部分歧。该议程存在所服务群体范围过宽且诉求不一、实现强化盟友目标存在内在矛盾、政府内部协调难度大等挑战,并且只调整外交政策,并不能实现服务中产阶级的目标。

As a policy agenda set by Joe Biden and his team during the 2020 presidential campaign,"a foreign policy for the middle class"has become the policy commitment that the Biden administration pursues. Its economic and trade policies are reflected in enhancing U.S. competitiveness, making new rules of economic globalization, and uniting the economies of"democratic countries," while in security and defense policies, it is manifested in emphasizing"diplomatic"rather than"military"means and maintaining restraint."A foreign policy for the middle class"agenda can be seen as the compromise on the Trump administration’s foreign policy. It aims to respond to the intensification of the domestic and international problems and the deterioration of the international image and status of the United States, and to help integrate the internal differences of the Democratic Party. It must be noted that there are also challenges such as the wide range of interest-conflicting groups to be served, the inherent contradictions in realizing the goal of strengthening the alliance, and the difficulty of coordination within the U.S.government. Due to the limitations of the current U. S. political framework and decision-making ecology,restructuring foreign policy alone will not achieve the goal of serving the middle class.