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Author's Response: Indian Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy—Refining Neoclassical Realism 作者回应:印度国内政治与外交政策——新古典现实主义的提炼
Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a911621
Author's Response:Indian Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy—Refining Neoclassical Realism Rajesh Basrur (bio) The responses to Subcontinental Drift: Domestic Politics and India's Foreign Policy by the five reviewers in this roundtable (Ian Hall, Kate Sullivan de Estrada, Jivanta Schottli, Frank O'Donnell, and Sameer Lalwani) have been thought-provoking and have opened up several lines of refinement and inquiry. Additionally, my own reflections on the book several months after publication have led me to ponder its findings as well as the potential avenues it might open up for further research. Let me begin by responding to some critical comments. On the whole, while raising astute questions about the book, all the reviewers were positive about its contribution to the literature, noting the study's theoretical strengths, empirical grounding, and focus on a geopolitical context that has not received much theoretical attention in the global international relations literature. The reviewers have made searching comments and suggestions to consider, however. Criticism is essential to moving the intellectual enterprise forward, and I attempt—I daresay all too briefly—to engage with it. If the reviewer's task is fundamentally to help refine a line of thinking, they have all accomplished it. Hall touches on a vital point in his observation that the distinction between "involuntary" and "voluntary" drift is too sharp given that the reality is more nuanced. In the case of the India-U.S. nuclear deal, he correctly notes that despite the problem of structurally produced delay, the ultimate outcome was shaped by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ability to override the limitations of his coalition and push through the Indian side of the deal. I may just say that this is a point I made myself in acknowledging that "the material distribution of power is not in itself the only arbiter of outcomes" and that there is also "the vital importance of commitment," which is a nonmaterial factor (p. 71). But there is certainly scope for a more nuanced approach that makes the point more generally with respect to other cases. I am glad Hall has drawn attention to this as it provides the [End Page 139] reader with a clearer sense of how the analytical framework employed in the book might be strengthened. Sullivan de Estrada usefully focuses on the importance of recognizing policy content as a possible factor producing drift. For instance, Indian policy on Russia's actions in Ukraine has clearly been awkward (though not novel if one looks back at Indira Gandhi's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979–80 or even earlier cases). This uncertainty is the consequence of policymakers in New Delhi finding themselves caught between conflicting pressures that are structural (the changing power distribution in global politics) as well as domestically driven (the preference for maximizing policy autonomy by spreading India's strategic bets and establishing linkages with b
本次圆桌会议的五位评论者(Ian Hall, Kate Sullivan de Estrada, Jivanta Schottli, Frank O'Donnell和Sameer Lalwani)对《次大陆漂移:国内政治和印度外交政策》的回应发人深省,并开辟了几条改进和探究的路线。此外,在这本书出版几个月后,我自己对它的反思使我思考它的发现以及它可能为进一步研究开辟的潜在途径。让我先回应一些批评的评论。总体而言,尽管对本书提出了尖锐的问题,但所有评论者都对其对文献的贡献持肯定态度,指出了该研究的理论优势、实证基础以及对地缘政治背景的关注,而这在全球国际关系文献中并没有得到太多的理论关注。然而,审稿人提出了搜索性的评论和建议。批评对于推动知识事业的发展至关重要,我试图——我敢说,这一切都太短暂了——参与其中。如果审稿人的任务基本上是帮助改进思路,那么他们就已经完成了。霍尔在他的观察中触及了一个关键点,即考虑到现实更为微妙,“非自愿”和“自愿”漂移之间的区别过于尖锐。就印美关系而言。他正确地指出,尽管在结构上造成了拖延,但最终的结果是由印度总理曼莫汉·辛格(Manmohan Singh)克服其执政联盟的限制,推动印度方面达成协议的能力决定的。我只能说,这是我自己在承认“权力的物质分配本身并不是结果的唯一仲裁者”时提出的观点,而且还有“承诺的至关重要性”,这是一个非物质因素(第71页)。但当然也有余地采用一种更细致的方法,使这一观点更普遍地适用于其他情况。我很高兴霍尔引起了人们对这一点的注意,因为它为读者提供了一个更清晰的认识,即如何加强书中使用的分析框架。沙利文·德·埃斯特拉达(Sullivan de Estrada)着重强调了认识到政策内容是产生漂移的可能因素的重要性。例如,印度对俄罗斯在乌克兰的行动的政策显然是尴尬的(尽管如果回顾一下英迪拉·甘地对1979-80年苏联入侵阿富汗的反应,甚至更早的案例,就会发现这并不新鲜)。这种不确定性是新德里的政策制定者发现自己被夹在相互冲突的压力之间的结果,这些压力是结构性的(全球政治中不断变化的权力分配)和国内驱动的(通过扩大印度的战略赌注和与美国和俄罗斯建立联系来最大化政策自主权的偏好)。另外,政策的不确定性可能归因于相互冲突的“规范要求”——这一点适用于印度核战略的混乱,印度核战略被困在甘地道德的对立理念压力和获得更强威慑能力的现实要求之间。从某种程度上说,这导致印度战略家思维混乱,这是一个有道理的观点。尽管如此,我还是要断言,在后一种情况下,自愿漂移的根本原因是决策者忽视了核武器战略的基本原则,未能应对这些跨领域的压力。尽管如此,苏利文·德·埃斯特拉达指出,观念因素在制定政策方面发挥着重要作用,这是正确的,这是学者们应该密切关注的一个方面。肖特利提出了一个切题的问题:在多大程度上,领导层会影响对最初政策制定预期的偏离?在两种自愿漂移的情况下,我都指出了这个方向:领导的失败导致了核战略和反恐方面的不足,但我强调了前一种情况下战略精英的责任,以及后一种情况下公众的责任。然而,相对重要性的问题需要进行更深入的探讨,以评估可归因于不同类型行为者的责任程度。这是等待更近的事情……
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Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Southeast Asia: Trends and Actors 东南亚的非法、未报告和无管制捕鱼:趋势和行为者
Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a911620
Lily Schlieman
executive summary: This essay identifies trends and actors involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in two of Southeast Asia's regional seascapes (the South China Sea and the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape), explores the political and socioeconomic factors that enable IUU fishing, and offers recommendations to governments and other stakeholders. main argument IUU fishing threatens the food, ecological, and economic security of coastal communities in Southeast Asia's seascapes. The region is home to incredible marine biodiversity that supports commercially important fish stocks. However, IUU fishing, poor fisheries management, and bad governance—coupled with environmental degradation and a lack of monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement capacity—leave these stocks in a precarious position. The clandestine nature of IUU fishing can also attract crimes of convergence, including forced labor and trafficking of humans, arms, drugs, and wildlife. To counter IUU fishing, national governments in Southeast Asia should take steps to improve cooperation, build cohesiveness, and share data and relevant information with each other and with regional organizations. Likewise, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and regional fisheries management organizations should take a greater leadership role to facilitate data and information sharing between Southeast Asian governments. policy implications • Cooperative and joint stock assessments in the South China Sea and the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape by governments, scientists, NGOs, and other stakeholders, with a focus on transboundary stocks, would significantly improve the monitoring and management of fisheries. • To bridge gaps in enforcement capacity, fisheries enforcement authorities should work with nontraditional partners, including local communities and trusted nations in the Indo-Pacific, such as the U.S., Australia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. • Southeast Asian coastal states should work together to settle remaining maritime boundary disputes they have with each other and develop a cohesive regional bloc that strengthens their collective commitment to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and efforts to combat IUU fishing. • National governments and law enforcement should increase their capacity and technical capabilities to stop labor and human rights abuses on the water and in seafood processing facilities by working with NGOs, survivors, and other relevant stakeholders with expertise in the field.
摘要:本文确定了东南亚两个区域海域(南中国海和苏拉威西海域)非法、不报告和不管制(IUU)捕捞的趋势和参与者,探讨了导致IUU捕捞的政治和社会经济因素,并向政府和其他利益相关者提出了建议。IUU捕鱼威胁着东南亚沿海社区的食物、生态和经济安全。该地区拥有令人难以置信的海洋生物多样性,支撑着重要的商业鱼类资源。然而,IUU捕鱼、糟糕的渔业管理和糟糕的治理,加上环境退化和缺乏监测、控制、监督和执法能力,使这些种群处于不稳定的境地。IUU捕鱼的秘密性质也可能吸引包括强迫劳动和贩运人口、武器、毒品和野生动物在内的趋同犯罪。为了打击IUU捕鱼,东南亚各国政府应采取措施加强合作,建立凝聚力,并相互之间以及与区域组织共享数据和相关信息。同样,东南亚国家联盟(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)和区域渔业管理组织应发挥更大的领导作用,促进东南亚各国政府之间的数据和信息共享。•各国政府、科学家、非政府组织和其他利益攸关方在南中国海和苏拉威西海域开展合作和联合种群评估,重点关注跨境种群,将显著改善渔业监测和管理。•为了弥合执法能力的差距,渔业执法当局应与非传统伙伴合作,包括当地社区和印度-太平洋地区值得信赖的国家,如美国、澳大利亚、日本和韩国。•东南亚沿海国家应共同努力,解决彼此之间遗留的海上边界争端,发展一个有凝聚力的区域集团,加强对《联合国海洋法公约》的集体承诺,并努力打击IUU捕鱼。•各国政府和执法部门应提高其能力和技术能力,通过与非政府组织、幸存者和其他具有该领域专业知识的利益相关者合作,制止水和海鲜加工设施中的劳工和人权侵犯。
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Policy Drift as an Inevitability and an Occasional Success 政策漂移是不可避免的,也是偶尔的成功
Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a911623
Policy Drift as an Inevitability and an Occasional Success Sameer Lalwani (bio) As India rises in economic and geopolitical stature, it has sought to cultivate an image of a leading power with multialigned dexterity. In a year where India helms the G-20 presidency, champions the global South, caucuses with the G-7, assumes leadership roles in both the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Quad, and deepens strategic ties with the United States while steadily maintaining defense relations with Russia, one might ascribe Indian foreign policy with a Bismarckian level of skill and sophistication. And while this could be a reasonable assessment, Rajesh Basrur's thoroughly researched contribution to neoclassical realist theory, Subcontinental Drift: Domestic Politics and India's Foreign Policy, reveals serious shortcomings in Indian foreign policy over the past two decades of India's rise. He terms these faults "drift," and it is this Indian foreign policy drift—at times timidity, at times torpor—that Basrur seeks to critique and explain. Briefly summarized, Basrur seeks to explain the dependent variable of India's foreign policy drift—the delta between New Delhi's stated foreign policy aims and its actual choices. Drift is characterized as indecisiveness and treated as generally, though not exclusively, suboptimal behavior. It fits well within similar research on puzzling state behavior such as "underbalancing" or neutrality.1 Basrur distinguishes drift from paralysis, noting that there is movement, but it is "erratic, slow, and uncertain" (p. 8). He contends there are two sources of drift. Involuntary drift is when domestic politics, specifically weak coalitions, hamstring leaders' autonomy to make bold, decisive moves for fear of small pockets of opposition pulling out of coalitions, which would result in government collapse. Voluntary drift, however, is perhaps Basrur's more novel contribution. Basrur contends voluntary drift occurs when a leader possesses sufficient control over policy but simply fails to execute it by avoiding costly choices or difficult tradeoffs and effectively deflects [End Page 134] responsibility and accountability. Other strands of international relations scholarship might characterize this as poor leadership, whether the failing is a deficiency in charisma, confidence, acumen, or moral fiber.2 The book sets out to test his theory on four major but diverse episodes of Indian foreign policy: counterinsurgency, nuclear deterrence, internal security reforms, and geopolitical realignment. The episodes include India's nuclear deal with the United States (2005–2008), material support for the Sri Lanka's fight against the Tamil Tigers (2000–2009), nuclear doctrinal developments (1998–present), and contentions with cross-border terrorism (notably the 2008 Mumbai crisis). Even seasoned India foreign policy scholars well versed in these episodes can discover new details in Basrur's thoroughly researched empirical chapters, buttre
随着印度在经济和地缘政治地位上的提升,它一直在寻求塑造一种具有多联盟灵活性的领导大国形象。在这一年里,印度担任20国集团轮值主席国,支持全球南方国家,与七国集团举行核心会议,在上海合作组织和四方会议中担任领导角色,深化与美国的战略关系,同时稳定地保持与俄罗斯的防务关系,人们可能会认为印度的外交政策具有俾斯麦式的技巧和成熟程度。虽然这可能是一个合理的评估,但拉杰什·巴斯鲁(Rajesh Basrur)对新古典现实主义理论进行了深入研究的贡献,《次大陆漂移:国内政治和印度的外交政策》,揭示了印度在过去20年崛起过程中外交政策的严重缺陷。他将这些错误称为“随波逐流”,而正是这种印度外交政策的随波逐流——时而胆怯,时而呆滞——巴斯鲁试图加以批判和解释。简而言之,Basrur试图解释印度外交政策漂移的因变量——新德里宣称的外交政策目标与其实际选择之间的三角关系。漂移的特点是优柔寡断,并被视为一般(尽管不是唯一)次优行为。这与“欠平衡”或“中立”等令人困惑的状态行为的类似研究非常吻合Basrur将漂移与麻痹区分开来,指出运动是存在的,但它是“不稳定、缓慢和不确定的”(第8页)。他认为漂移有两个来源。“非自愿漂移”指的是国内政治,特别是软弱的联盟,阻碍了领导人采取大胆果断行动的自主权,因为他们担心一小部分反对派会退出联盟,从而导致政府垮台。然而,自愿漂移也许是Basrur更新颖的贡献。Basrur认为,当领导者对政策拥有足够的控制权,但却无法通过避免昂贵的选择或困难的权衡来执行政策,并有效地转移责任和责任时,就会发生自愿漂移。国际关系学术的其他分支可能将其描述为领导力低下,不管这种失败是缺乏魅力、自信、敏锐还是道德品质这本书从印度外交政策的四个主要但不同的方面来检验他的理论:反叛乱、核威慑、内部安全改革和地缘政治重组。这些事件包括印度与美国的核协议(2005-2008年),对斯里兰卡打击泰米尔猛虎组织的物质支持(2000-2009年),核教义的发展(1998年至今),以及与跨境恐怖主义的争论(特别是2008年孟买危机)。即使是精通这些事件的经验丰富的印度外交政策学者,也可以在Basrur深入研究的实证章节中发现新的细节,这些章节有48页的参考书目作为支撑。Basrur不仅因其丰富的实证研究而受到赞誉,而且还因其对冷战后印度外交政策中一些最重要事件的探索而受到赞誉,尽管每个事件的持续时间有些不协调,从几天(例如孟买袭击)到几十年(例如核学说的审议)不等。这些案例与印度前国家安全顾问希夫尚卡尔·梅农(Shivshankar Menon)的政策回忆录中几乎所有章节都有密切的联系,该书熟练地阐明了印度外交政策决策中许多令人费解的机制由于印度近十年来一直由一个霸权政党和强有力的领导人领导,它的联合权力分享和有争议的联邦政治有时会被模糊或遗忘,这些政治塑造了印度自上世纪80年代以来30年的崛起。Basrur书中的许多章节展示了印度内部与专家科学团体,技术官僚机构(如原子能委员会),国家安全和情报机构的庞大网络,以及州一级地区政党之间的竞争,形成了国家一级的联盟政治,从而限制了行政决策的动态。不难想象,联合政治的回归将在未来阻碍印度外交政策的雄心。这本书的另一个优点是Basrur运用了多种经验方法。考虑到机密政府文件的不可访问性,关于核战略的章节巧妙地利用了几位前文职和军事官员的著作来编码他们隐含的核威慑观点……
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Gambling on India's Foreign Policy: The Importance of Implementation 印度外交政策的赌博:执行的重要性
Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a911626
Gambling on India's Foreign Policy:The Importance of Implementation Kate Sullivan de Estrada (bio) As Indian prime minister Narendra Modi ricocheted around the globe in mid-2023—welcomed in Japan and Australia in May, embraced in a four-day state visit to the United States in June, and celebrated as the guest of honor at France's Bastille Day parade in July—newspapers and policy journals brimmed with India analysis. Confronted by the hype around Modi as a metonym for India's growing power and influence, rising uneasiness about the future of Indian democracy under his watch, and New Delhi's equivocal position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, much of the commentary framed intensified relations with India through the metaphor of a "gamble." Ashley Tellis began with an analysis of "America's bad bet on India" in Foreign Affairs in early May, arguing that the deepening defense relationship between Washington and New Delhi was unlikely to lead to India partnering with the United States in a military coalition against China.1 Later that month, Christophe Jaffrelot argued in Le Monde that "betting on India is a short-sighted strategy for France," highlighting concerning domestic political trends and describing Indian democracy as "literally put on hold" between elections that are no longer fair.2 By July, Financial Times commentator Martin Wolf had concluded both that "Western leaders are making a sensible bet on India" because of its economic growth prospects and that "Modi's India is moving in an illiberal direction."3 Other analysts [End Page 120] questioned whether India's rise was "inevitable" and if it would be best to deal with India "as it is, not as we might like it to be."4 Anyone interested in these questions would benefit from reading Rajesh Basrur's careful and rigorous book Subcontinental Drift: Domestic Politics and India's Foreign Policy. Rather than assessing India's policy achievements and failures through the lens of the United States' imperative to counterbalance China in its systemic challenge or India's democratic potential to support the values-based construction of the Indo-Pacific as "free and open," Subcontinental Drift's start and end point is New Delhi. Basrur's interest is "the central concerns of Indian national security strategy" (p. 28) and, more specifically, the ability of the Indian state "to ensure the security of its people" (p. 24). Importantly—and this is where the book's emphasis on "drift" comes in—his focus is less on the formation of domestic policy preferences and more on whether policymakers are able or willing to make good on those preferences once they have been formed (p. 23). The study's overall conclusion is sobering: "India's potential for achieving major power status stands on a relatively weak foundation, owing to its inability to follow through on those policies that are crucial to its security" (p. 193). Subcontinental Drift's point of departure is the observation that "Indian foreign policy has ofte
2023年年中,印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)在全球范围内大行其道,5月访问日本和澳大利亚,6月对美国进行为期四天的国事访问,7月成为法国巴士底日(Bastille Day)阅兵的贵宾,报纸和政策杂志上充斥着对印度的分析。莫迪被大肆宣传为印度日益增长的实力和影响力的代名词,人们对他治下印度民主的未来日益感到不安,新德里在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰问题上的立场模棱两可,面对这种情况,许多评论都用“赌博”的比喻来描述印印关系的强化。5月初,阿什利·泰利斯在《外交事务》上分析了“美国在印度押下的错误赌注”,认为华盛顿和新德里之间日益加深的防务关系不太可能导致印度与美国结成对抗中国的军事联盟。当月晚些时候,克里斯托弗·贾夫雷罗在《世界报》上指出,“对法国来说,押注印度是一种短视的战略。”强调对国内政治趋势的担忧,并将印度的民主描述为在不再公平的选举之间“实际上被搁置”到今年7月,《金融时报》评论员马丁•沃尔夫(Martin Wolf)总结道,鉴于印度的经济增长前景,“西方领导人正在明智地押注印度”,而“莫迪领导下的印度正朝着不自由的方向发展”。其他分析人士质疑印度的崛起是否“不可避免”,以及是否最好是“按照印度的现状,而不是按照我们希望的样子”来对待印度。任何对这些问题感兴趣的人都应该读读拉杰什•巴斯鲁的《次大陆漂移:国内政治与印度外交政策》这本严谨严谨的书。《次大陆漂移》的出发点和终点都是新德里,而不是通过美国在系统性挑战中制衡中国的必要性,或者印度支持印太地区“自由和开放”的基于价值观的建设的民主潜力来评估印度政策的成就和失败。Basrur的兴趣是“印度国家安全战略的核心问题”(第28页),更具体地说,是印度政府“确保其人民安全”的能力(第24页)。重要的是——这也是本书强调“漂移”的地方——他关注的不是国内政策偏好的形成,而是政策制定者一旦形成,是否能够或愿意兑现这些偏好(第23页)。该研究的总体结论发人深思:“印度取得大国地位的潜力建立在一个相对薄弱的基础上,因为它没有能力贯彻那些对其安全至关重要的政策”(第193页)。《次大陆漂移》的出发点是观察到“印度的外交政策常常以多次犹豫、拖延和转向为特征”(第181页)。这证明了本书将分析重点放在政策漂移的国内驱动因素上是合理的,政策漂移被定义为“有目的地启动,但……受到干预因素的极大阻碍”的政策过程(第8页)。印度最紧迫的一些安全问题——关键时刻与大国美国和小国斯里兰卡的战略关系,其长期核战略,以及它在保护印度公民免受跨境恐怖主义侵害方面的不完整记录——构成了本书的经验基础。Basrur对这些案例中政策漂移的国内决定因素的关注,将《次大陆漂移》与为数不多(尽管在不断增长)的现有作品放在了一个多产的公司中,这些作品认真地考虑了印度国内背景如何产生和塑造其外交政策。Basrur澄清说,政策漂移不同于“政策瘫痪”或无目的(第7页)。政策漂移有一个方向,但不会移动,或者只是以缓慢或蜿蜒的方式移动。这是一个重要的澄清:印度国内外对印度外交政策矛盾的看法,用政策漂移来解释比用政策偏好来解释更好吗?例如,……
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Explaining Policy Drift—An Analytical Template Drawn from the World's Most Populous Democracy 解释政策漂移——来自世界上人口最多的民主国家的分析模板
Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a911625
Explaining Policy Drift—An Analytical Template Drawn from the World's Most Populous Democracy Jivanta Schottli (bio) Subcontinental Drift: Domestic Politics and India's Foreign Policy was written in response to what Rajesh Basrur describes as three tensions: "a desire to investigate the contradiction between India's quest for power and status and the limitations of its policies and policymakers"; "the gulf between studies on India's external relationships and cutting-edge theory"; and "the materialist/normative divide in academia" (p. xi–xii). Basrur, drawing on an illustrious and unique career that has bridged area studies and international relations theory, is eminently well placed to address all three. He delivers empirically rich chapters, an elegant theoretical argumentation, and a clear message. Situating the Gap between Objectives and Outcomes The book frames its central question as "why policymakers, consciously responding to systemic incentives, often find their policy initiatives caught up in prolonged and meandering pathways in trying to attain their objectives" (p. 2). The gap between objectives or intent and subsequent diversionary processes is what Basrur refers to as the phenomenon of "policy drift." In framing its question thusly, the book addresses two long-running debates. Scholars have engaged in ongoing discussions about the particularities of India's emergence as a power, puzzling over the slow or gradualist path the country has taken, the purposefulness and intent behind policy choices, and the strategic thinking of the country's policymakers. At the same time, the book's central question confronts a deep ontological challenge of how to overcome the external-internal distinction that is so often drawn within and between the disciplines of international relations and politics and in the categories of agency and structure. Drawing on neoclassical realism, Basrur analyzes instances where Indian foreign policy outcomes have deviated from realist expectations—not those of theorists, he is careful to point out, but of policymakers. In other words, he demonstrates how policymakers have responded clearly to systemic [End Page 125] incentives, broadly defined as the power differentials between states. This is the case for India, for instance, when opting to improve relations with the United States as a result of the recalibrations caused by the end of the Cold War, in the effort to rebuild relations with Sri Lanka following India's "intervention" in the country's civil war, in the long-postponed decision to go overtly nuclear in 1998, and in efforts to manage cross-border threats from neighboring Pakistan. Explaining why these policy shifts took place when they did, and the ways in which implementation was subsequently hampered by domestic politics, is a major part of the book's analysis. However, Basrur seeks to do much more than describe or explain what happened in the past. The additional objective of integrating a moral dimension
《次大陆漂移:国内政治与印度外交政策》是针对拉杰什·巴斯鲁(Rajesh Basrur)所描述的三种紧张关系而写的:“希望调查印度对权力和地位的追求与政策和决策者的局限性之间的矛盾”;“印度对外关系研究与前沿理论之间的鸿沟”;和“学术界唯物主义/规范的分歧”(第12 - 12页)。Basrur凭借其杰出而独特的职业生涯,在区域研究和国际关系理论之间架起了桥梁,非常适合解决这三个问题。他提供了经验丰富的章节,一个优雅的理论论证,和一个明确的信息。这本书将其核心问题定义为“为什么政策制定者有意识地响应系统激励,经常发现他们的政策举措在试图实现其目标的过程中陷入了漫长而曲折的道路”(第2页)。目标或意图与随后的转移过程之间的差距是Basrur所说的“政策漂移”现象。在这样构建问题的过程中,这本书解决了两个长期存在的争论。学者们对印度崛起为大国的特殊性进行了持续的讨论,对该国所采取的缓慢或渐进的道路、政策选择背后的目的性和意图以及该国决策者的战略思维感到困惑。与此同时,本书的中心问题面临着一个深刻的本体论挑战,即如何克服国际关系和政治学科内部以及机构和结构类别之间经常出现的外部-内部区别。利用新古典现实主义,Basrur分析了印度外交政策结果偏离现实主义预期的例子——他小心翼翼地指出,不是理论家的预期,而是政策制定者的预期。换句话说,他展示了政策制定者是如何对系统性激励(广义上定义为国家之间的权力差异)做出明确回应的。例如,当印度选择改善与美国的关系时,这是冷战结束后重新调整的结果,在印度“干预”斯里兰卡内战后努力重建与斯里兰卡的关系时,在1998年推迟已久的公开核决定中,以及在努力管理来自邻国巴基斯坦的跨境威胁时。解释这些政策转变发生的原因,以及这些政策的实施后来如何受到国内政治的阻碍,是本书分析的主要部分。然而,Basrur试图做的远不止描述或解释过去发生的事情。通过强调责任问题,将道德维度纳入分析的另一个目标增加了一层发人深省的复杂性,但也导致了几个进一步的问题。这个故事的寓意是什么?在书的最后,Basrur声称,当他的分析框架应用于印度政策漂移的案例时,他强调并整合了物质和非物质因素,以解释为什么次优结果会发生并持续下去。他使用“非自愿”和“自愿”政策漂移的分类来捕捉物质因素和非物质因素发挥作用的程度。在非自愿漂移的情况下,物质约束起着核心作用,主要被定义为决策者对其政策环境的控制。这相对来说比较容易确定,例如,执政党在议会中占有的席位数量,以及它对联盟伙伴的亏欠程度。不太清楚的是造成Basrur所说的“放弃责任”的非物质因素(第196页)。他确定的非物质因素包括文职领导层在核战略问题上缺乏严谨的认识和知识,领导层无能的证据,以及中央和州政府持续忽视建立健全的安全基础设施和有效的政策来预防和阻止恐怖袭击。通过把政策制定者放在前台,并赋予他们一种道德责任,Basrur提供了一条解决之道……
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Japan's New Plan for a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" and Its Challenges 日本“自由开放的印太”新构想及其挑战
IF 1.3 Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a903860
J. Nishino
Japan’s vision for a “free and open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) originated from Tokyo’s desire to promote a rules-based order, economic prosperity, and peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. In articulating and promoting Japan’s vision for the FOIP, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe played a significant role. In August 2007, Abe delivered a speech at the Indian Parliament in which he emphasized the importance of enhancing maritime security and cooperation between the Indian and Pacific Oceans through strategic cooperation among like-minded countries.1 This speech, titled “Confluence of the Two Seas,” is often seen as a precursor to Japan’s vision for the Indo-Pacific, highlighting the commitment to promoting regional stability, economic prosperity, and universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights in the broader two-ocean region. Another significant milestone in the development of Japan’s FOIP vision was a speech Abe gave in Kenya in August 2016. During the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, Abe stressed that Japan “bore the responsibility of fostering the confluence of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and of Asia and Africa into a place that values freedom, the rule of law, and the market economy, free from force or coercion, and making it prosperous.”2 These speeches by Abe laid the groundwork for Japan’s FOIP vision by articulating the key principles and objectives that would guide Japan’s approach to the Indo-Pacific. Japan presented three pillars to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific:
日本提出的“自由开放的印度-太平洋”构想,源于日本希望在印度-太平洋地区促进基于规则的秩序、经济繁荣、和平与稳定。在阐明和推动日本对FOIP的愿景方面,安倍晋三首相发挥了重要作用。2007年8月,安倍在印度议会发表演讲,强调通过志同道合的国家之间的战略合作,加强印度洋和太平洋海上安全与合作的重要性这篇题为“两海汇合处”的演讲通常被视为日本对印太地区愿景的先兆,强调了在更广泛的两大洋地区促进地区稳定、经济繁荣和自由、民主和人权等普遍价值观的承诺。2016年8月,安倍在肯尼亚发表了一次演讲,这是实现日本自由贸易协定愿景的另一个重要里程碑。在第六届东京非洲发展国际会议上,安倍强调,日本“有责任促进太平洋和印度洋以及亚洲和非洲的汇合处成为一个重视自由、法治和市场经济的地方,不受武力或胁迫,并使其繁荣。”安倍的这些讲话为日本的FOIP愿景奠定了基础,阐明了指导日本在印太地区战略的关键原则和目标。日本提出了实现自由开放的印度太平洋的三大支柱:
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U.S. Semiconductor Policy and South Korea: A Delicate Balancing Act between National Priorities and International Collaboration 美国半导体政策与韩国:国家优先事项与国际合作之间的微妙平衡
IF 1.3 Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a903868
Seong-hyon Lee
executive summary:This article provides insights on how U.S. semiconductor policy is reported, discussed, and perceived in the South Korean public sphere and proposes potential actions for Washington and Seoul as allies.main argumentAlthough not widely known in Washington, the U.S. faces accusations of pursuing "economic nationalism" at the expense of its allies. There are growing perceptions in South Korea that the U.S. is prioritizing its own self-interests while concurrently emphasizing unity among its allies against China. This view has led to grievances about U.S. strategy, particularly in relation to the semiconductor sector and supply chains—sensitive topics in Northeast Asia's trade-focused economies. While the U.S. has advocated for an alliancecentered reorganization of semiconductor supply chains, concerns persist that it is ultimately pursuing semiconductor hegemony. Increasing public discontent in South Korea regarding U.S. semiconductor and technology policies serves as an illustrative example and could develop into a contentious issue for the broader alliance between the two countries unless handled with care and attention to South Korea's concerns. While Washington may disregard South Korean public sentiment as inconsequential, in South Korea's vibrant and vocal democracy, public opinion can quickly shift to the extremes and significantly influence Seoul's policy choices. To maintain a strong alliance with South Korea and effectively advance its policy regarding China, the U.S. must closely monitor South Korean public opinion and confront these concerns.policy implications • Economic sacrifices made by allies will not benefit U.S. national interests and may lead to disenchantment and resentment on the part of these partners. It is imperative that the U.S. engage in dialogue with its allies to enhance economic collaboration and explore new market opportunities.• The public uproar observed so far in South Korea's young democracy has the potential to suddenly turn volatile. Consequently, preventive public diplomacy by Washington can play a crucial role in managing the semiconductor issue.• A technology alliance commits countries to jointly secure their national interests; thus, mutual trust and a shared vision for the future are essential.
执行摘要:这篇文章深入了解了美国半导体政策在韩国公共领域的报道、讨论和看法,并提出了华盛顿和首尔作为盟友的潜在行动。主要论点尽管在华盛顿并不广为人知,但美国面临着以牺牲盟友为代价追求“经济民族主义”的指控。韩国越来越多的人认为,美国在优先考虑自身利益的同时,也在强调盟友团结一致反对中国。这种观点引发了人们对美国战略的不满,尤其是在半导体行业和供应链方面,这是东北亚以贸易为重点的经济体的敏感话题。尽管美国一直主张对半导体供应链进行以联盟为中心的重组,但人们仍然担心它最终是在追求半导体霸权。韩国公众对美国半导体和技术政策日益不满就是一个例证,如果不小心和关注韩国的担忧,这可能会成为两国更广泛联盟的一个有争议的问题。尽管华盛顿可能会无视韩国公众的情绪,认为这无关紧要,但在韩国充满活力和声音的民主国家,公众舆论可能会迅速转向极端,并对首尔的政策选择产生重大影响。为了与韩国保持强有力的联盟并有效推进其对华政策,美国必须密切关注韩国公众舆论,应对这些担忧。政策影响•盟友做出的经济牺牲不会有利于美国的国家利益,可能会导致这些伙伴的失望和怨恨。美国必须与其盟友进行对话,以加强经济合作并探索新的市场机会。•到目前为止,在韩国年轻的民主国家中观察到的公众骚动有可能突然变得动荡。因此,华盛顿的预防性公共外交可以在管理半导体问题方面发挥关键作用。•技术联盟承诺各国共同确保其国家利益;因此,相互信任和对未来的共同愿景至关重要。
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Misunderstanding Myanmar 误解缅甸
IF 1.3 Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a903869
Michael F. Martin
executive summary:This article examines how, in retrospect, the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021 was a foreseeable consequence of domestic political dynamics in the country and the misperceptions of the international community about the hybrid civilian-military government.main argumentOn February 1, 2021, the military in Myanmar deposed the civilian side of the hybrid civilian-military government to reassert direct military rule. The coup ignited a nationwide resistance against the new military junta, the State Administrative Council, involving many of the nation's decades-old ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), newly created People's Defense Forces (PDFs), and an opposition National Unity Government. Looking back, Myanmar's military saw the 2008 constitution and its hybrid government as the end point for political reform, not as the beginning of a transition. The military's actions during this decade reflect this. Attempts by Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy, and the international community to foster further political changes may have been contributing factors to the military's decision to stage a coup. Myanmar is now embroiled in a multifront civil war involving most of the country's largest ethnic communities, including the Bamar majority, with no end in sight.policy implications • Peaceful resolution of the conflict in Myanmar is not likely at this time. The U.S. and other nations should consider providing limited and targeted military assistance to the EAOs and PDFs.• The Biden administration should expedite implementation of the authorities provided in the BURMA Act, including the provision of nonlethal assistance to the EAOs and PDFs. The U.S. State Department should rekindle its ties to the EAOs to facilitate nonlethal assistance and efforts to form local governments in areas "liberated" by the EAOs and PDFs.• The U.S. Agency for International Development should shift the delivery of humanitarian assistance to local organizations operating in India and Thailand to more effectively provide aid to refugees and internally displaced persons from the civil war.• The U.S. and other nations should provide financial assistance for efforts to document possible war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the junta's military forces and coordinate this effort with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice.
执行摘要:本文回顾了2021年2月缅甸军事政变是该国国内政治动态和国际社会对军民混合政府的误解的可预见后果,缅甸军方推翻了文官混合政府的文职部门,重新确立了直接军事统治。政变引发了全国范围内对新军政府国家行政委员会的抵抗,涉及该国许多已有数十年历史的少数民族武装组织、新成立的人民国防军和反对派民族团结政府。回顾过去,缅甸军方将2008年宪法及其混合政府视为政治改革的终点,而不是过渡的开始。军方在这十年中的行动反映了这一点。昂山素季、全国民主联盟和国际社会试图推动进一步的政治变革,这可能是军方决定发动政变的原因之一。缅甸现在卷入了一场多方面的内战,涉及该国大多数最大的民族社区,包括占多数的巴马人,看不到尽头。政策影响•目前不太可能和平解决缅甸冲突。美国和其他国家应考虑向EAO和PDF提供有限的、有针对性的军事援助。•拜登政府应加快实施《BURMA法案》中规定的权限,包括向EAO和PDF提供非致命援助。美国国务院应重新点燃与EAO的联系,以促进非致命援助,并努力在EAO和PDF“解放”的地区组建地方政府。•美国国际开发署应将人道主义援助转移到在印度和泰国开展活动的当地组织,以更有效地向内战中的难民和国内流离失所者提供援助。•美国和其他国家应为记录军政府军事部队可能犯下的战争罪和反人类罪提供财政援助,并与缅甸独立调查机制、国际刑事法院和国际法院协调这项工作。
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Australia's Indo-Pacific Strategy: From Optimism to Hard Balancing 澳大利亚的印太战略:从乐观到硬平衡
IF 1.3 Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a903862
N. Bisley
A ustralia was one of the earliest adopters of the Indo-Pacific construct. First emerging in official documents in 2012, the construct by 2017 had become the central geographic concept organizing the country’s international engagement. During this time, Canberra’s mood toward the region shifted decisively. In the early 2010s, Australia remained optimistic about the region’s prospects, even as great-power rivalry resurfaced. Canberra thought that while the geopolitical landscape was going to become more difficult to navigate, stability and prosperity were likely to prevail. Ten years later, the country’s elites are much more pessimistic. Although Australia does not have a formal Indo-Pacific strategy, its approach to the region has moved away from hedging its bets concerning regional risks. In response to the growing power and increasingly assertive behavior of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), as well as the rising influence of a set of policy thinkers who are very skeptical of the PRC, Australia hardened its rhetorical posture toward that country and has started to reorient its policy around hard balancing. Notwithstanding the policy consensus around this move—it has strong bipartisan support in the Australian Parliament, and the bureaucracy is of one mind in this regard—there remain significant challenges to its implementation. This essay will examine Australia’s strategic policy in the Indo-Pacific, analyze the dynamics surrounding this policy, and identify the tensions and challenges that Canberra faces in seeking to put a sharper edge on its approach to a region that is both its economic hope and the source of its greatest fears.
澳大利亚是最早采用印太结构的国家之一。该建筑于2012年首次出现在官方文件中,到2017年已成为组织该国国际参与的核心地理概念。在此期间,堪培拉对该地区的态度发生了决定性的转变。2010年代初,即使大国竞争再次出现,澳大利亚仍对该地区的前景持乐观态度。堪培拉认为,尽管地缘政治格局将变得更加难以驾驭,但稳定和繁荣很可能会占上风。十年后,这个国家的精英们更加悲观。尽管澳大利亚没有正式的印太战略,但其对该地区的做法已不再对冲其对地区风险的押注。为了应对中华人民共和国日益强大的权力和日益自信的行为,以及一批对中国持怀疑态度的政策思想家日益增长的影响力,澳大利亚加强了对该国的措辞,并开始围绕硬平衡调整其政策。尽管围绕这一举措达成了政策共识——它在澳大利亚议会得到了两党的大力支持,而且官僚机构在这方面意见一致——但其实施仍面临重大挑战。本文将研究澳大利亚在印太地区的战略政策,分析围绕这一政策的动态,并确定堪培拉在寻求对一个既是其经济希望又是其最大恐惧来源的地区采取更尖锐的态度时所面临的紧张局势和挑战。
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The Question from the Pacific Islands: Will the United States Be a Credible and Consistent Indo-Pacific Partner? 来自太平洋岛国的问题:美国将是一个可靠的、始终如一的印太伙伴吗?
IF 1.3 Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1353/asp.2023.a903864
Henryk Szadziewski, A. Powles
I n March 2023, Dame Meg Taylor, lawyer, diplomat, and former secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum, told Radio New Zealand that Pacific leaders “should have paid much more attention to the Indo-Pacific strategy as it emerged.”1 Taylor’s comment highlighted not only the abundance of external strategies and policy frameworks targeting the Pacific Islands but also the increasing alignment of economic cooperation with security partnerships. Taylor was particularly concerned that island leaders were being sidelined while major geopolitical decisions were being made that affected the Pacific. This tension was highlighted in the Pacific Islands Forum’s latest security outlook report, which noted that “while geopolitical competition could draw much-needed attention and resources to the Pacific, it could also distract the region and its partners from efforts to address its existing security priorities—addressing climate security, supporting human security, and disrupting criminal activity.”2 These priorities are most cogently laid out in the 2018 Boe Declaration on Regional Security, which identified five key challenges in the Pacific: climate change, human security, environmental and resource security, transnational crime,
2023年3月,律师、外交官、太平洋岛屿论坛前秘书长梅格·泰勒女士告诉新西兰广播电台,太平洋领导人“本应更多地关注印太战略”。“1泰勒的评论不仅突出了针对太平洋岛屿的大量外部战略和政策框架,而且也突出了经济合作与安全伙伴关系的日益协调。泰勒特别担心,在做出影响太平洋的重大地缘政治决定时,岛屿领导人被边缘化。太平洋岛屿论坛最新的安全展望报告强调了这种紧张局势,它指出,“虽然地缘政治竞争可能会给太平洋地区带来急需的关注和资源,但也可能分散该地区及其合作伙伴对解决其现有安全优先事项的努力——解决气候安全、支持人类安全和打击犯罪活动。“2这些优先事项在2018年《Boe区域安全宣言》中得到了最有力的阐述,该宣言确定了太平洋地区的五个关键挑战:气候变化、人类安全、环境和资源安全、跨国犯罪、,
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