中美在东亚多边合作中的作用与思考

Contemplation on the Role of China and U.S.in the Multi-lateral Cooperation in East Asia

中美两国把推进双边合作当作外交关系支柱,然而,在多边机制框架内,两国的利益和影响不可避免地交叉重叠,因此,也重视多边合作。中国虽然是东亚大国,但对于东亚多边合作的参与起步较晚,发挥的作用也是非主导性的,目前是积极的参与者和推动者。美国不是东亚国家,但是其霸权地位和传统战略确定了其对东亚多边合作的影响。美国既不愿让多边合作打破传统的双边安全同盟体系,也不想被隔离在东亚地区的多边合作进程之外。作为该地区的大国,中美应以地区内的共同安全关切(如能源合作)为突破点,充分利用现有的多边合作机制,探索培育新的地区合作机制,特别是安全合作机制。

Bilateral cooperation has been regarded by China and U.S.as the pillar of their relation,meanwhile the interests and influences of these two countries are inevitably crossed and overlapped in the structure of multilateral mechanism,so both China and U.S.attach great importance to multilateral cooperation.As a big power in East Asia,China took a late participation in the multilateral cooperation of East Asia and now plays a relatively non-leading role as an active participator and promoter.Not located in East Asia, U.S.enjoys outstanding influence on East Asian multilateral cooperation owing to its hegemonic status and traditional strategy.Now U.S.wants neither an interruption by such multilateral cooperation on traditional system of bilateral security alliances,nor an isolation of itself from the process of multilateral cooperation in East Asia area.Therefore China and U.S.as dual big powers in the East Asia region should fully utilize current multilateral cooperative mechanism and cultivate new regional cooperative regime with an emphasis on security cooperative mechanism,which could be launched from breakthrough on the points of common security concern of both countries in this region(such as energy cooperation).