传统中等强国与发展中地区区域合作——基于澳大利亚与东盟互动的案例研究

Regional Cooperation between Traditional Middle Powers and Developing Regions:a Case Study on the Relationship between Australia and ASEAN

区域主义是当今国际关系学界的热门研究领域之一,但与此趋势相反的是,中等强国区域合作行为体长期被忽略,为此,研究中等强国参与区域合作的过程对于完善区域主义研究有其必要性。但另一方面,随着越来越多的国家步入中等强国的行列,中等强国在区域合作方面也表现出不同的特点。首先,传统中等强国和新兴中等强国在区域合作方面存在着行为差异,同时,处于不同地域的中等强国在地区合作中扮演的角色也不尽相同,难以一概而论。为此,本文选取传统中等强国与发展中地区的区域合作作为细分研究领域,并以澳大利亚与东盟的互动为例,探究传统中等强国在参与发展中地区区域合作的行为特点。

Regionalism is one of the most popular research subjects in International Studies. However,middle powers have been almost overlooked in the scholarship,even though they are important actors in regional cooperation. More and more countries may be labeled as middle powers,and they are showing distinctive features when participating regional cooperation. Traditional middle powers' behavior is different from new middle powers'. Middle powers located in different regions are playing different roles. This paper takes the interaction between Australia and ASEAN as a case to examine the characteristics of middle powers' participation in the regionalism of developing regions.