一、国际关系的重点已开始转向经济领域,经济关系政治化的倾向增强。随着东欧剧变,特别是苏联解体,两方面临的共同威胁和主要对手消失了。两极格局终结后,国际形势的发展已使经济问题取代安全成为全球突出的问题,经济竞争逐步变成国际竞争的主要形式,各国的国际地位越来越决定于他们的经济、科技,而不是军事实力。日、德相对实力的上升反映了这种现实。 First, the focus of international relations has begun to turn to the economic field, and the tendency toward politicization of economic relations has become stronger. As the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, especially the Soviet Union, the common threats and major rivals in both sides disappeared. After the end of the bipolar structure, the development of the international situation has replaced economic issues with security issues in the world. Economic competition has gradually become the major form of international competition. The international status of various countries is increasingly determined by their economy and technology rather than by the military strength. The rise of the relative strength of Japan and Germany reflects this reality.