Hsing Tsui-ling, an assistant professor at Chung Cheng University, says that human rights diplomacy is a new twist on an old theme adopted by Western countries to deal with ideological adversaries in the post-Cold War era. It adopts human life and dignity as its starting point, and tactically combines humanitarian concerns with national interest.
針對「人權外交」的策略，中正大學政治學系助理教授辛翠玲分析，國際上的人權外交是冷戰後西方國家對意識型態對立外交方式的修正，它以人的生存與尊嚴為出發，技巧地將人道關懷與國家利益結為一體。