族群视角下的东南亚国家间关系与区域合作

The Inter-state Relations and Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia: A Perspective from Ethnicity

东南亚地区的人口在族群构成方面体现出了极强的多样性。与此同时,族群冲突也是东南亚国家面临的一个普遍问题,并深刻地影响了该地区国家间关系的发展和区域一体化的走向。文章梳理东南亚国家民族人口构成的整体情况,并对东南亚族群冲突进行分类。在此基础上,文章提出族群冲突的外溢效应和族群政治竞争的外化直接导致了国家间互信的缺失和区域规范的选择性应用,这也进一步阻碍了区域身份认同的形成。

The population of Southeast Asia exhibits great diversity in terms of ethnic composition. Meanwhile, ethnic conflict, a common problem faced by many Southeast Asian countries, has exerted significant impacts on inter-state relations as well as the development of regionalism. This article summaries the ethnic composition of Southeast Asian countries and develops a typology of the ethnic conflict in this region. On this basis, this article argues that the spillover effect of armed conflict and the externalization of political competition give rise to the inter-state mistrusts, and result in the selective application of regional norms. The two mechanisms combined constitute a major barrier to regional identity formation.