翁明賢
Ming-hsien Wong

* 翁明賢博士是本刊主編。Dr. Ming-hsien Wong is the Editor-in-Chief of Taiwan Defense Affairs.

二○○二年三月是我國國防建設過程的重要分水嶺，因為攸關建軍備戰、兵力整建的《國防法》與《國防部組織法》（簡稱國防二法）正式實施，使得我國防政策的推動也有了法源的依據，更是提供我建軍發展方向重要礎石。在本期中，丁樹範博士的「實施國防二法的意義與未來展望」為我們提供了完整的分析。
March 2002 is a crucial landmark in the evolution of Taiwan’s defense construction because of the Defense Two Laws (National Defense Law and Organic Law of Ministry of National Defense) that closely relate to our military policy and force posture is officially implemented. It not only enables our defense policy to have legal base, but also provide an important milestone for future military construction. In this issue, Dr. Authur S. Ding’s “The Meaning and Future Prospects to Implement the Defense Two Laws” provides us a comprehensive analysis.

在全球化下，國家的安全不僅面臨多面向的挑戰，而且有些威脅其實是由全球化所帶來的後果，例如經貿全球化造成經濟安全內涵的變化；政治全球化激發吾人對民主、自由與人權的重視；而軍事全球化更深化與轉型衝突的模式。所以，國家安全的分析不僅侷限於傳統所認知的「國家」範圍內，更必須要有區域的角度與全球的視野。本期中，蔡明彥博士的「中惡軍事合作：背景、發展及對台灣安全的意涵」、蔡裕明先生的「美國軍事全球化與東亞國際安全」以及黃奎博博士的「全球化、變遷中的主權與中華民國的南海戰略」等三篇文章，分別就區域與全球的觀點，針對不同議題進行分析。
In the era of globalization, security of a state not only faces multidimensional challenges but also some threats in fact root in the consequence of globalization itself, for example, economic globalization changes the content of economic security, political globalization stimulates our concerns over democracy, liberty and human rights, and military globalization deepens and transforms the mode of confrontation. Therefore, the analysis of national security cannot be limited in the field of traditionally perceived “national” but needs to expand our view from a regional or global perspective. In this issue,  we have three articles as examples: Dr. Ming-yen Tsai’s “PRC-Russian Military Ties: Background, Development, and the Impact on Taiwan’s Security”, Mr. Damien Cai’s “Military Globalization of the U.S. and International Security in East Asia Region”, and Dr. Kwei-bo Huang’s “Globalization, Transforming Sovereignty and the Republic of China’s South China Sea Strategy.” Their contributions provide us regional/global viewpoints on respective issues concerned.

同時，全球化下的綜合性安全，不僅是要建立可恃的軍事力量，民眾的心防更是重點，亦即一國不僅要建立硬性國力，也要加強軟性權力的能量，如此才能全方位保障一個國家的安全。近來，中國方面強化在軟性權力上的對台工作，媒體操作是其主要的型態。本期中，歐錫富博士的「從文攻武嚇到統戰分化」為我們提供了相關的背景與分析。
Meanwhile, a comprehensive security in globalization not only requires to establish a reliable military power but also a strong public’s psychological defense. Thus, in order to safeguard a state’s security multi-dimensionally, one needs to build up its hard power as well as soft power. Recently, China increases its pressure on Taiwan in the field of soft power, the media maneuver becoming the significant example. Dr. Si-fu Ou’s “From Political Intimidation to Media Smear Campaign” analyzes the recent development of China’s propaganda campaign.

此外，聯合作戰的議題近來頗受到重視，然而有關國軍聯合作戰能力的現況與未來如何精進之道，卻是在國內一般軍事論述中少見的議題。而在下一期中，本刊將針對聯合作戰議題設定專題，收集四篇論文，分就整體與軍種進行探討。此外，軍事文化向被認為是成功推動國防改革的另一關鍵要件，也被認為是國防改革成效中最不易觀察也最難達致的項目，而在下一期中，我們也將有兩篇分析軍事文化與國防改革兩者互動的專論。
Furthermore, more and more people concern about Taiwan’s joint operational capability, however, there is rare in local military journals to see an article concerning our current capability to conduct a joint operation or the suggestions to improve our shortcomings.  In our next issue, we will collect four articles as a special section of Taiwan’s joint operation. The analytical focus of these four articles will be on the jointness of armed force as whole and respective services. Also, military culture is often regarded as a key requirement to successfully initiate a defense reform as well as the least observable and achievable outcome of a successful defense reform. In our next issue, we have two
articles concern the interplay between military culture and defense reform.

作為一個民間的專業國防刊物，在它的第二年，我們的成果使得它的未來更值得期許。
As a civilian-based professional defense journal, in its second volume, our current achievement manifests its encouraging future.