Xu Ruike, Rees Wyn
Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China.
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK.
Br Politics. 2022;17(1):62-80. doi: 10.1057/s41293-021-00198-0. Epub 2021 Nov 30.
The article seeks to assess to what extent the Trump presidency damaged the Anglo-American special relationship. By drawing on a theoretical framework that is broader than much of the existing literature, this article argues that the Trump presidency inflicted largely short-term damage on the special relationship. Though common interests, common sentiments and mutual utility between the US and the UK were weakened in the Trump era, the institutionalized underpinnings of the special relationship were sufficiently robust to withstand the corrosive effects of the 'Trump doctrine'. While President Biden cannot undo the negative impact of Brexit on the UK's utility to the US, the early period of his presidency has witnessed the special relationship's rapid recovery from most of the damage inflicted by the Trump presidency.
本文旨在评估特朗普总统任期在多大程度上损害了英美特殊关系。通过运用一个比现有许多文献更为宽泛的理论框架，本文认为特朗普总统任期对英美特殊关系造成的损害在很大程度上是短期的。尽管美英之间的共同利益、共同情感和互利性在特朗普时代有所削弱，但英美特殊关系的制度化基础足够稳固，足以抵御“特朗普主义”的侵蚀影响。虽然拜登总统无法消除脱欧对英国之于美国的效用所产生的负面影响，但在其总统任期初期，英美特殊关系已从特朗普总统任期造成的大部分损害中迅速恢复。
