美国对印尼入侵东帝汶的政策

America's Policy on Indonesia's Invasion of East Timor

印尼出于利益的考虑入侵已经宣布独立的东帝汶,迅速控制了东帝汶首都帝力及重要城市,占领后不久将东帝汶并入印尼成为印尼的第27个省。冷战的背景下特别是尼克松主义出台以后,美国为在东南亚地区遏制共产主义特别看重印尼的作用。为了不破坏与印尼的双边关系美国采取了"沉默"政策,实际上在暗中支持印尼,对印尼的经济、军事援助也没有中断。美国在印尼入侵东帝汶的双重标准在一定程度上应该为东帝汶在接下来的几十年的灾难负责。

Indonesia in its own interest invaded East Timor, a place which had already declared independence. In no time,Indonesia controlled the capital and major cities of East Timor and claimed East Timor to be its 27 th province. In the context of the Cold War,especially after the Nixon Doctrine coming out,the United States highly valued the significant role of Indonesia in stemming the communism in southeast Asia.In order not to break the bilateral relationship,the US applied a'silent'policy towards Indonesia's invasion of East Timor. In fact,the US had given secret support to Indonesia,both economically and militarily. To some degree,the double standards of the US should be responsible for the subsequent decades of sufferings of East Timor.