建立中韩自由贸易区的必要性及前景分析

关于中韩自由贸易区的研究目前还处在可行性研究阶段.中韩两国经济正处于全面合作之中,显现出深厚的合作潜力,两国寻求机制性经济合作的基础已经具备.但是,由于面临许多困难及政治上的不稳定因素,建立中韩自由贸易区的前景尚不明朗,有待两国采取更多实质性的合作步骤.     

China and Africa: Building an economic partnership

The article analyses the strong and growing ties between India and the African countries to which it is linked by the Indian Ocean, both in terms of trade and investment as well as security due to the strategic transport links in the region. The piece also analyses the work and usefulness of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co‐operation (IOR‐ARC).     

泛亚铁路建设的由来与发展

近年来,随着中国与东盟国家睦邻友好合作关系的不断加强,泛亚铁路建设逐渐提上议事日程.这条国际大通道的建设对于沟通中国、东南亚、南亚三大市场,促进中国一东盟自由贸易区建设,加强南南合作以及构筑第三座亚欧大陆桥具有十分重要的战略意义.     

Building infrastructure in southern Africa: Introductory remarks'

A key finding of a study for the African Development Bank which the author directed was that co‐operation in building infrastructure should be the cornerstone of immediate integration efforts in Southern Africa. A priority is to restore, repair and to enhance the region's infrastructure on a basis that can be sustained and financed.

What a regional approach can make possible is illustrated through an examination of the electricity power, transport and communications, and water supply sectors. Recommendations include the progressive withdrawal of the state from dominating the provision of infrastructure and utility services, while strengthening its role in the regulation of private sector activity, the creation as far as possible of a single regional market for major services and outputs, harmonisation of tariff and taxation policies, creating incentives for investment and involving popular participation in infrastructural projects.     

Building Trust: Cooperation between Rivals India and Pakistan

ABSTRACT

This article uses the case study of India–Pakistan to explore how rivals build cooperation over time. India and Pakistan have shared an intense rivalry since their independence and subsequent partition in 1947, having fought three major wars and several militarised disputes over the last 70 years. The authors use network analysis to study the pattern of all treaties between the two countries between 1947 and 2017. This expects rivals to focus on non-security issues such as trade as they work to build trust and patterns of cooperation. The article finds that given the long and intense rivalry between the two neighbours, and the subsequent lack of trust, India and Pakistan have adopted a functionalist approach towards building cooperation; most of their bilateral treaties are related to non-security issues such as trade, telecommunications, transport and technology. Only a few of their treaties are nested within prior treaties, indicating ad hoc rather than institutionalised cooperation. The authors also find that efforts by the two states to build cooperation has not spilt over into areas related to security, pointing to a continued lack of trust between the two states. The article notes the implications of this approach for the future of Indo-Pakistani ties as well as peace on the subcontinent.     

Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East

Water resources have evolved into a major tool for expanding a country's regional influence. The dynamic interactions of hydraulics strategies have thus been regarded as critical factors in Middle Eastern politics. As Turkey controls upstream water resources in the region, this study attempts to answer this question: What goals does Turkey pursue with its water-control policy? The article demonstrates that Turkey is seeking to become the dominant power in the Middle East by regulating hydropolitics.     

The Mindanao Conflict: Efforts for Building Peace through Development

In its 2003 Official Development Assistance Charter (ODA Charter), the Japanese government made peace-building one of its areas of focus. Since then, the government and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have been active in organizing and implementing peace-building support projects in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. One of the government’s initiatives is a peacebuilding project in Mindanao, the Philippines, an effort that represents a break from the traditional mold: the development support efforts started contributing to the peace process before the signing of any peace agreement took place.

This article examines how the development support initiatives by the Japanese government and JICA have contributed to the peace process in Mindanao from 2003 to 2016.

Despite the unfamiliarity and uncertainty clouding the initial stages of the project, the development support efforts by the Japanese government and JICA are considered to have played a substantial role in paving the way toward the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro in March 2014.     

构建东亚认同:意义、问题与途径

构建东亚认同有助于增进东亚的凝聚力、推动区域合作、提高东亚的国际地位.历史上东亚形成的独具特色的文化体系和现今东亚区域内已有的经济联系,在心理和物质两个方面为东亚认同的构建奠定了基础.近年来东亚认同逐渐浮出水面,同时也面临着诸多困难与挑战.文化交流合作能够推进东亚区域内各种文化的相互融合与相互影响,增加地区共同文化和区域意识的内涵,唤醒东亚尘封在历史中的集体记忆并培养新的情感.     

朝鲜半岛永久和平机制的构建:动力与困境

建立朝鲜半岛永久和平机制是相关国家一直在努力探讨的问题.伴随着朝核问题的发生、地区安全机制的探索和东北亚地区秩序的构筑,这个问题重新引起各国的重视.特别是在朝鲜核试验之后,建立和平机制更成为紧迫问题.永久和平机制的建立与半岛南北统一问题、大国战略安排以及地区秩序重构等紧密相关,各国既存在共同利益也有难以简单调和的分歧.和平机制的建立不可能一蹴而就.对于各国来说,需要冷静思考,长期研究,共同协商,真诚行动;立足于机制的有效性,探讨机制的合法性,认识机制的局限性;不断调和矛盾,预防冲突,共同探寻缔造和平的路径.     

ASEAN at 40: Prospects for Community Building in Southeast Asia

In 2007, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations attempted to celebrate its 40^th founding anniversary with a bang as it was about to set another milestone, which is the signing of the ASEAN Charter. However, the celebration was overshadowed by the political crisis in Myanmar following the military's crackdown on protesting monks and their democratic supporters. The inability of ASEAN to influence events in that country became the focus of public attention in the region and the international community. Even the much-vaunted milestone of finally having an ASEAN Charter was a major disappointment for many in Southeast Asia as the final document signed by ASEAN leaders was everything but bold, forward-looking, and transformative. It became an object of criticism mainly by some think tanks and civil society groups in the region because it paled in comparison to the recommendations of the Eminent Persons Group that drafted the blueprint of what the ASEAN Charter should look like.

This article describes the major milestones and turning points of ASEAN's regionalism project over the last forty years. It also attempts to identify the major issues and challenges to ASEAN's community building efforts in the future. The main argument of this article is that ASEAN's continuing relevance to the people of the region can be ensured only if it seriously opens up to greater participatory regionalism. Only then can ASEAN be transformed into a truly people-centered organization.     

韩国的电子政务建设

本文对韩国电子政务建设的情况做了客观的描述 ,并认为韩国的经验值得我国借鉴。     

东亚共同体建设:关于现状与问题的思考

在经济全球化所带来的全球区域竞争加剧以及各国在变动的时代保持主体性和安全需求的双重刺激下,东亚地区合作近年来取得了很大进展.在东亚一体化建设的过程中,东盟、东盟+3、东盟地区论坛、东亚峰会等各种机制都发挥着不同的作用,推动东亚地区逐渐以一个整体出现在国际事务中.由于目前东亚内部还存在很多矛盾和不确定性,东亚从一个多国家的地区真正建设成一个面对共同挑战、拥有共同愿望和命运的地区共同体仍然任重道远.     

解读日本的造村运动

日本造村运动始于20世纪70年代末,其主要做法包括培育各具优势的产业基地,增加产品的附加值,促进产品的生产流通,开展多元化的农民教育,创设合理的融资制度,促进农村文化建设等。经过二十多年的发展,造村运动取得了巨大成效,主要表现在基本消灭了城乡差别,增加了农民收入,刺激了农村多元化的消费,运动的内容由农业扩展到整个生活层面,运动的地域也由农村延伸到城市。     

Advancing Community Building for ASEAN

East Asia - This is a policy paper supporting the vision of ASEAN leaders in the project of ASEAN Community building. However, it goes beyond their declarations to argue for a more thorough going...     

Building Coptic Civil Society: Christian Groups and the State in Mubarak's Egypt

Mubarak's Egypt is a relatively liberal regime which nonetheless retains relatively tight controls on civil society activity so as to pre-empt political activism, particularly that arising from Islamist or secular rivals to the regime. In spite of the constraints of Egyptian politics and their subordinate status as dhimmis under Islam, Copts have managed to create a wide edifice of civil society in Mubarak's Egypt. The explanations for this reside the internal strength and vibrancy of Coptic institutions themselves and in the non-threatening and moderating influence displayed by Coptic civil society.