| 中文摘要 |
諾貝爾經濟學獎得主,保羅.克魯曼在紐約時報發表了一篇文章指出,西方國家在二次世界大戰之後致力於建構相互依賴的全球貿易體系以避免軍事衝突的理想與努力,在俄羅斯侵略烏克蘭以及中國對台灣步步進逼的軍事恐嚇之下,似乎逐漸喪失了說服力。現實主義與地緣政治理論點出經濟依賴的局限性以及貿易的不對稱,使得俄烏與中台之間不足以維持和平。因此,本研究以現實主義與地緣政治的批評觀點為出發點,比較貿易在兩個案例中的影響與轉變。研究結果指出,經濟依賴的局限性及貿易的不對稱確實存在於俄烏與中台之間。但是,中台之間的貿易關係長久以來緩和增長且無大變動。反之,烏克蘭則因為其發展策略的改變而影響了原本與俄羅斯之間的經貿與政治關係。比較兩個案例,穩定且成長的中台貿易關係成為台灣海峽兩岸之間目前還是維持和平的重要原因。 Paul Krugman, The Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, published an article in his column for the New York Times entitled,“Trade and Peace: The Great Illusion”. This article begins with how the western countries were devoted to building up a world order based upon free trade. It was believed that more integrated economies and interdependence on trade would reduce the possibility of military confrontations among countries. However, the Russia-Ukraine war and the China-Taiwan military tension doubted if trade does contribute to peace. Critics from Realism and geopolitics identify the problems of economic limitation and trade imbalance as the key to the ineffectiveness of trade in sustaining peace in the two cases. Based upon the critics of economic limitation and trade imbalance, this paper tries to compare the changing trading relations from the long-term perspective in the two cases. The comparison shows that economic limitation and trade imbalance do exist; however, a stable and steady-growing trade relation impacts the results differently. This changing trade relations between Russia and Ukraine increased trade disputes and security concerns, while on the contrary, the stable uprising trade relation across the Taiwan Strait sustains relative peace between China and Taiwan. |