日本对南亚的战略意图与外交

Japan’s Strategic Intention and Diplomacy in South Asia

日本战后初期的外交基本围绕美国展开,南亚由于经济落后,战略重要性较低,未能进入日本的外交视野。1990年代后,南亚地区经济快速增长,印度国际地位提升,印巴核试验及后来的阿富汗反恐战争等激起了日本对南亚的重视。南亚国家也希望能从日本获得经济发展所需的资本、技术和经济援助。日本在双边外交的基础上,积极通过南盟发展与南亚国家的多边外交,取得了显著成果。

Japan had showed little interest in activating diplomacy in South Asia until the early 1990s. With its resilient economy and the realization of the regional importance in terms of Indias growing global profile, the emerging nuclear development and the US war on terror, Japan has recalibrated its strategic interest in South Asia. Responding to the initiatives, South Asian countries are eager to obtain investment and hi-tech and economic aid from Japan.