美菲同盟关系的战略转型与南海问题

Strategic Transformation of the US-Philippine Alliance and the South China Sea Issue

美国和菲律宾的同盟关系源于两国在殖民时期的战略合作,以及第二次世界大战和冷战时期两国政府共同的战略倾向。美菲同盟关系存在着一系列的制度保障和协调行动,但总体上延续着殖民时期的不平等性质。冷战结束后,美菲同盟关系因国际和地区形势的变化而一度中断,但随着近年来南海问题的升温而被重新定义,菲律宾成为美国维持在东亚强大军事存在和实行"亚太再平衡"战略的重要"支点"之一。然而,随着美国在南海问题上并没有满足菲律宾的期待,以及菲律宾新政府内政外交政策倾向出现变化,对南海问题进行了重新定位,美菲同盟出现了不确定性,南海问题的处理和解决显示出积极的发展前景。

The US-Philippine Alliance can be dated from bilateral strategic cooperation since the colonial period,as well as World War II and the Cold War when the two countries had common strategic objectives. The US-Philippine alliance has a series of institutional assurance and coordinated actions,but generally with the nature of inequality originated from the colonial period. After the Cold War,the US-Philippine alliance was once interrupted due to changes in the international and regional situation,but was restarted with the rise of the South China Sea issue in recent years. It's one of the'pivots'by which the United States can maintain a strong military presence in East Asia and promote its Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy. However,while the United States hasn't played the role that the Philippines expected in the South China Sea issue,and the new Philippine government has changed its preference and priorities in domestic and foreign policies,especially revalued the South China Sea issue in its national security strategy,uncertainties have emerged on the US-Philippine alliance,and positive prospects have emerged in addressing the South China Sea issue.