America and Europe: two contrasting or parallel empires?
America and Europe: two contrasting or parallel empires?
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美国和欧洲：两个对比或平行的帝国？
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2011
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J. Zielonka
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作者：
J. Zielonka
本文将探讨帝国主义范式是否有助于我们理解今天的欧盟（EU）和美国。它认为，帝国是当今世界的关键单位，对形式上的主权国家施加了相当大的限制，这不能不改变国际关系的本质。本文比较了欧盟和美国的一些鲜明特征，并考虑了它们的结构特征和帝国行为是否会产生合作或冲突。报告的结论是，两国争夺欧洲霸主地位的竞争有可能引发冲突。美国将欧洲视为其重要的外围之一，这与欧盟自己的帝国野心不一致。
This article considers whether an imperial paradigm is useful in aiding our understanding of the European Union (EU) and US today. It argues that empires are key units in today’s world, imposing considerable constraints on formally sovereign states, and that this cannot but change the nature of International Relations. The article compares some of the distinctive characteristics of the EU and US, and considers whether their structural features and imperial behaviours generate cooperation or conflict. It concludes that their competition for supremacy in Europe is potentially conflict-prone. The USA treats Europe as one of its vital peripheries and this is at odds with the EU’s own imperial ambitions.