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.

一九九一年波灣戰爭後，全球進入後冷戰時代，雖然兩極核武對峙的危機消除，但是區域衝突的因子仍舊存在。在二○○一年九一一恐怖主義攻擊事件之後，全球又進入一個新的反恐聯盟時代。換言之，世界各國除了要面對區域衝突的持續存在外，面對恐怖主義與大規模殺傷性武器的結合，更形成國際與區域安全的重大威脅來源。是故，在全球軍事化下，全球軍事費用的支出，武器和武裝力量的增長水平，更令全球各國間的軍事關係、軍事網路更加緊密互動。所以，世界各國都以不同程度的捲入世界新軍事秩序之中，又加上科技快速的增長，更令戰爭工具的運用更加具有彈性。是故，台灣在追求其生存與安全發展的考量中，除了本身國防武力的持續建構，更應該從軍事全球化的角度去思考其他鄰近周邊國家的國防事務與軍事戰略的研發與精進之道。上述種種對我國未來適應全球化的相互糾結與依存的環境，為建立優質武力的必要條件。
The world has entered the post Cold War era since the Gulf War 1991.Although polarized nuclear confrontation crisis large has largely reduced, the potential of regional conflict still remain intact. Later, the world has also emerged an era of anti-terrorism alliance after September 11 terrorist attack. In other words, the present serious threats to international or regional security are caused both by continuous existence of likelihood of regional conflict as well as new combination of terrorism and weapon of mass destruction (WMD). Thus, under the military globalization, the increasing level of defense budget, armament, and armed forces in the global scale further tightens the interaction of military network and relation. All countries in the world are involving by different degree into a new world military order. Also the unprecedented technological leaping renders the use of military power more flexible then ever. Therefore, the consideration of Taiwan’s pursuit of its survival and security development cannot be rested solely on its own defense capabilities but also, from the aspect of military globalization, should take into account of the defense affairs and military strategies in other neighboring countries in order to pursuit our own refinement and improvement. Such a way of thinking is imperative for us to establish a compact and qualified force in the future for adaptation to the interconnectedness and interdependence in the globalization environment.

是故，本期有兩篇文章：沈明室上校的「影響台灣安全之印度與澳洲因素」、廖書賢先生的「論日本反恐機制與日台安全合作」，這些國家的安全政策無疑地對台灣安全將會有明顯的影響。
Therefore, we have two essays involving regional security policies: Col. Shen’s “India and Australia Factors in Taiwan Straits Security” and Mr. Liao’s “Japan’s Anti-Terrorism Mechanism and the Possible Japan-Taiwan Security Cooperation.” The security policies of these countries doubtlessly have considerable significance to Taiwan’s security.

台灣近來的戰略調整碰觸到若干敏感議題，其中之一是我國海軍陸戰隊未來的角色與定位的問題。為了嚴肅對待此一問題，我們有兩篇論文：廖宏杰上校、林政輝先生的「民眾對我地面部隊執行戰鬥與非戰爭性任務期望之比較研究」及翟文中中校、梅復興先生的「中華民國何以需要一支海軍陸戰隊」。
One of highly sensitive issues encountered in the progress of Taiwan’s strategic adjustment is the future role and mission of the ROC Marine Corps. For treating this issue seriously, we have two essays in this regard: Col. Liao and Mr. Lin’s “A Comparison on General Public’s Expectations on the ROC Ground Forces to Carry out Combat and MOOTW Missions” as well as Cdr. Chai and Mr. Mei’s “A Cast for the ROC Marine Corps.”

其他兩篇論文分別是英國的克里斯多夫．丹迪克博士的「軍隊與社會：英國的經驗」與翟文中中校的「海上軍事信任建立機制：台海兩岸簽署預防海上意外事件協定研究」，這兩篇論文的貢獻在於為台灣的國防政策提供寶貴的外國經驗，前者對於我國軍隊與社會的關係提供些值得參考的經驗，而後者則對兩岸信心建立機制提供了若干可能性。
The rest two essays are Dr. Dandeker’s (from the UK) “Military and Society: Some Lessons from the United Kingdom” and Cdr. Chai’s “Military CBMs at the Sea: The Application of the INCSEA Between China and Taiwan”. Both provide our readers precious foreign examples for our defense affairs. The former offers us some worthy lessons for managing the relation between our armed forces and society. The later suggests the possibilities for both sides in the Strait to establish some confidence building measures (CBMs).