新加坡在东盟发展过程中的身份定位

The Singapore's Identity in the Development of ASEAN

新加坡在东盟发展过程中的身份定位,经历了一个与东盟关系的长期互动过程。在东盟成立之初,由于新加坡担心东盟成为印尼在地区谋求霸权的工具,担心过多地参与地区政治事务会威胁到其自身的独立与生存,因此,新加坡更多地是充当着谨慎参与者的角色。随着东盟内部关系的稳定,政治、经济合作慢慢走上正轨,新加坡开始重新审视东盟并修正其地区身份定位。新加坡在与东盟的长期互动过程中慢慢形成了其在东盟中的身份定位:即东盟发展过程中的低调领导者。

The defining of the Singapore's identity is an interaction process in the development of ASEAN. At the initial stage, Singapore worried about the ASEAN to be a tool of Indonesia's hegemony in the region, and the threat of independence and survival, if it participated in the political affairs too much. Therefore, Singapore basically acted as a prudent participant during this period. After the relationship within the ASEAN was stable and the politic and economic cooperation was on the right track, Singapore started to renew its identity in ASEAN, namely served as leader to handle in a low-key way.