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自由開講》台灣要看懂美中競爭七大議題

蘭德公司研究報告對台灣戰略課題的啟示

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台灣智庫研究員廖明輝分析蘭德公司報告,指出美中競爭涵蓋七大領域,台灣應超越單純軍事視角,透過強化半導體生態系、提升社會韌性及擴大國際連結,將自身打造為不可或缺的關鍵節點。

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蘭德公司發布《美中競爭的範圍與性質》研究報告,分析美中在經濟、科技、軍事等七大領域的競爭態勢。

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談美中競爭,台灣習慣把它想成台海軍事風險。軍機、軍艦、飛彈當然是真實壓力,但若只盯著這一塊,看到的其實只是棋盤一角。美國知名智庫蘭德(RAND)九月發布由美國國會「全球競爭分析」研究計畫支援,為美國戰爭部進行的《美中競爭的範圍與性質》研究。報告把美中競爭主要在《國內經濟、科學與科技、國際經濟、外交、軍事、資訊與意識形態及文化、資源與原物料》共七個領域;其中又以科技與國內經濟為最底層兩根樑柱。而AI的研發與部署取得優勢,可能成為左右整體競爭的關鍵支點並帶來深遠影響。

美中競爭並不只是單一領域,而是誰能在長期競逐把科技、產業、金融、人才、盟友與治理效能連成一張網。中國並未全面超越美國,RAND也不把這場競爭視為典型的霸權交替;接近現實的圖像是兩個強權長期同處權力頂層,在若干高槓桿領域爭奪優勢。台灣若仍把自己想成夾在兩強中間的小國,政策討論就會失焦。我們要問的是哪些依賴會在危機時變成弱點?哪些能力能讓台灣成為別人無法忽略的關鍵節點?

台灣的第一個戰略課題是半導體。價值不在於一座座晶圓廠本身,而在於研發、設備、材料、人才、能源、資安與國際客戶共同形成的生態系。當美中競爭進入AI、先進製造與技術標準,台灣的價值若只停留在替別人代工生產,風險就會被集中;若能把製造優勢延伸到共同研發、先進封裝、系統整合、標準與人才網絡,台灣才能參與規則的形成而非被動接受規則。

第二個課題是韌性。RAND特別指出和平與戰時的國家韌性都會左右競爭結果。對台灣來說,韌性不能只等同軍備;電力、通訊、海纜、港口、金融、醫療、網路安全與資訊環境,任何一處被長期消耗,都可能比一次性軍事震撼更有效。我們需要衡量的不只是能不能擋住第一擊,還包括社會在壓力下能不能持續運作、企業能不能繼續生產、政府能不能維持可信任的治理。

第三個課題則在國際網路。RAND認為第三方國家的選擇可能深刻改變美中競爭。這表示台灣的外交與安全,不宜只計算邦交國數字或軍售品項,更要看能否嵌入科技、供應鏈、資安、能源與民主治理的合作網絡。愈多國家的日常利益與台灣連結,台海和平就愈不只是台灣自己的問題。

因此,台灣解讀美中競爭的範圍與本質,重要的是盤點自己的國力結構是否能達到「深、薄、厚、廣」。也就是把不可替代性做深,把單點依賴做薄,把社會韌性做厚,並把國際連結做廣。RAND最後對美國的提醒也值得台灣借鏡。最重要競爭手段是強化自身活力的基礎而不是摧毀對手;競爭與維持穩定與避免衝突也並不互斥。台灣真正可靠的安全,從來不只是別人願不願意幫忙,而是自己是否值得被連結、能夠被信賴,也有能力撐得住。

Open Questions

  • 台灣如何具體落實社會韌性建設?
  • 半導體生態系如何進一步延伸至系統整合?

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