中美建交前后美国售台武器及其政策的确立

卡特政府 1979- 1980年曾考虑向台湾出售一批先进武器 ,其决策过程与中美关系正常化的过程同时进行 ,影响了美方在建交谈判中在这一问题上的立场。卡特政府的决策过程为此后美国向台湾出售武器确立了模式 :售台武器是作为美国对华政策的一个重要工具而被使用的 ;其决策过程是一个官僚政治斗争过程 ,总统在这一过程中具有最大的和最终的发言权 ;国会具有很大的影响能力 ,但并不参与决策本身。

U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan before and after the Normalization of Sino - U. S. Diplomatic Relations and the Formulation of U.S. Arms Sales Policy to Taiwan

From 1979 to 1980, the Carter Administration made an important decision on arms sales to Taiwan. The decision coincided with the negotiations on the normalization of Sino-U.S. diplomatic ties and thus influenced U.S. position on that issue during the negotiations. Tracing the decision-making process, this paper finds that Carter's decision has set a model for later decision-making on arms sales to Taiwan. That is, arms sales to Taiwan is used as an important instrument in U.S. China policy; the decision making process is a typical one of bureaucratic policy in which the president has the biggest and last say; congress has agreat leverage to exert influence on the decision, but it does not take part in the decision making process.