英国欧陆均势政策的原因探析

均势既是国家的一种对外政策和对外行为,又是国际体系的一种运行状态和存在形式。几个世纪以来,英国将均势政策视为一种"金科玉律"或国际政治铁律,有着深刻和复杂的根源。在近现代欧洲国际政治中,面对欧洲大陆一系列统治者屡次掀起的追求霸权的狂潮,作为欧洲大陆外缘海岛国家的英国,基于自身的利益考量,采取均势外交政策,制衡和打击霸权追求者成为英国在此期间经久不息和坚持不懈的政策与行动。

A Tentative Analysis of the Reasons for Britain’s Balance of Power Policy towards Europe

Balance of power is not only one kind of foreign policy and national behavior,but also a sort of operation state and existing form of international system.In modern international relations in Europe,as the islands country located outside the European continent,for the sake of its own interests,Britain has adopted the balance of power policy to balance and fight against seekers for hegemony,which has become a long-term policy and consistent action.There are profound and complicated reasons for Britain＇ s viewing balance of power policy as a ＂golden law＂.In order to better understand Britain＇ s balance of power policy,this paper tries to analyze the British foreign policy,and explore the reasons for Britain＇ s balance of power policy.