美国对华竞争背景下新加坡平衡外交的发展解析

Analysis on the Development of Singapore's Balanced Diplomacy in the Context of U.S.Competition Against China

在美国对华竞争背景下,新加坡平衡外交出现了一些新的发展。对美外交以寻求支持为重点,提高对美合作的主动性;对华外交以增进互信为重点,坚持理性务实的主基调;地区外交则以“再平衡”为重点,意在影响和塑造中美关系的走向。对新加坡来说,这些发展既是提升战略自主程度、追求“小国大外交”的需要,也是加快产业数字化转型、打造科技创新中心的需要,还是塑造大国间竞合关系、维持地区均势格局的需要。不过,与美国的深度伙伴关系、实用主义的政策逻辑以及国内政治生态的变化,都在一定程度上制约着新加坡平衡外交政策的发展。对此,中国应持理性态度,并需要采取一些针对性措施予以积极引导。

In the context of the U.S.competition against China,there have been some new developments in Singapore’s balanced diplomacy.Singapore’s Diplomacy with the U.S.focus on seeking support and improving the initiative of cooperation with the U.S.;its diplomacy with China focuses on enhancing mutual trust and following a rational and pragmatic approach;regional diplomacy focuses on“rebalancing”,which is intended to influence and shape the direction of Sino-U.S.relations.For Singapore,these practices not only align with its pursuit of increasing strategic autonomy and achieving the objective of“small state,big diplomacy”,but also serve its needs to expedite digital transformation of industry and upgrade,establish itself as a center for technological innovation,as well as to influence and shape“co-opetition”between major powers and maintain the regional balance in Southeast Asian.However,to some extent,the deep partnership with the U.S.,the logic of pragmatic policy and the changes in Singapore’s domestic political ecology have constrained the development of Singapore’s balanced diplomacy.In this regard,China should adopt a rational attitude and take some targeted measures to guide it positively.