南海共同开发:困境中求新机——《南海共同开发六国学者共同研究报告》述评

Joint Development Practice in the South China Sea: Breaking through the Predicament——a Review on the “Cooperative Research Report on Joint Development in the South China Sea”

共同开发是现代国家实践中涌现出来的一种和平解决领土争端的新思路。中国倡导的共同开发概念,得到了其他国家的积极回应。但由于地缘政治、法律制度以及有关当事国内政、外交等诸多因素的挑战,目前为止南海地区的共同开发没有得到很好的实施。复旦大学国际问题研究院中国与周边国家关系研究中心发布的《南海共同开发六国学者共同研究报告》,将几个当事国的政策解析、国家实践进行横向比较和深度解读,认为共同开发这一概念本身是一个具有吸引力和持久性的和平方案,符合中国和其他声索国的利益,同时对南海共同开发面临的困境和瓶颈达成共识,并结合当前南海形势提出了相对可行的政策建议。

Modern state practice has developed a number of possible alternatives in the settlement of boundary disputes that involve the exploitation of natural resources which emphasizes the management aspects of such an agreement and which eschews the stricter,more rule-based approach towards boundary-delimitation.china s proposal of "shelve disputes and go for joint development" has won positive response from other relevant states.However,due to diversified obstacles such as geopolitical competition,legal hurdles and trust deficit among the claimants,joint development has not been well implemented in the south china sea so far.The "cooperative research report on joint development in the south china sea" issued recently by fudan university explores and compares the policy and state practice of joint development of each respective state.Despite the existing political and legal hurdles,the authors of the report acknowledge that the concept of joint development remains an attractive and durable template to peace in the south china sea.