The Characteristics of Complex Interdependence

We do not limit the term interdependence to situations of mutual benefit. Such a definition would assume that the concept is only useful analytically where the modernist view of the world prevails: where threats of military force are few and levels of conflict are low.

我们并不把相互依赖这个术语局限于互利的情境。这样一种（互利的相互依赖）假定，只适用于现代主义世界观盛行的情形（地方和时代）：几乎不存在军事威胁，和冲突是低强度的。

It would exclude from interdependence between the United States and the Soviet Union.

它排除了过去美苏之间战略相互依赖的（情况）。

Furthermore, it would make it very ambiguous whether relations between industrialized counties and less developed countries should be considered interdependence or not.

而且，这种定义使工业化国家与欠发达国家之间的关系，是否应该被认为是相互依赖关系变得模糊不清。

Their inclusion（包含、属于这种关系） would depend on an inherently subjective judgment about whether the relationships were “mutually beneficial”.

他们的关系是否属于相互依赖将取决于内在主观判断，既这种关系是否是“互利的”。

Because we wish to avoid sterile（不育的） arguments about whether a given set of relationships is characterized by interdependence or not， and because we seek to use the concept of interdependence to integrate rather than further to divide modernist and traditional approaches， we choose a broader definition.

一方面，我们期望避免就一组给定的关系是否具备相互依赖的特征进行毫无结果的争论；另一方面，我们力图用相互依赖的概念整合现代主义和传统（主义）的方法，而不是进一步分化区别它们。因此，我们采取较为宽泛的定义。

Our perspective implies that interdependent relationships will always involve costs， since interdependence restricts autonomy；but it is impossible to specify a priori whether the benefits of a relationship will exceed the costs.

我们认为，由于相互依赖限制自主权，相互依赖关系总是与损失（代价）相关；但是我们无法事先认定某种关系的获得会大于其所付出的代价。

This will depend on the values of the actors as well as on the nature of the relationship. Nothing guarantees that relationships that we designate as “interdependent” will be characterized by mutual benefit.

这取决于行为体的价值标准以及该关系的本质。没有任何事务能够保证我们所说的相互依赖关系以互利为特征。

Two different perspectives can be adopted for analyzing the costs and benefits of an interdependent relationship.

我们可以采用两种视角来分析某组相互依赖关系的损失和获得。

The first...