东南亚地区形势:2006年

进入2006年以来,来自东南亚的一些坏消息频频传来,菲律宾发生泥石流,死亡上千人。泰国和菲律宾政府再次面对反对派的严峻挑战。尽管有这些坏消息,但对于大多数东南亚国家来说,2006年可能是一个好年头。经过几年的努力,新加坡、马来西亚和泰国已经从金融危机中走出来,重新进入一个新的增长期。在政治方面,大部分东南亚国家已经初步完成了从权威政治体制向民主政治体制的过渡,然而,这种转变带给一些国家的并不是经济发展与人民的福利, 而是更多的混乱。在安全方面,恐怖主义仍然是许多国家面临的严重威胁。在对外关系方面,面对迅速崛起的中国,东盟正在不断调整对华关系,新型的中国—东盟关系正在建立。

Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia in 2006

Stepping into 2006, several bad news come from Southeast Asia, which include the damageable mud -rock flows in Philippines which caused the death of more than 1000 people, and the political unrest in Thailand and Philippines. However, for the most countries in Southeast Asia, 2006 might be a good year. Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand walked out of the financial crisis and enter a new period of growth. Politically speaking, most of the Southeast Asian countries finished the transformation from authoritarianism to democracy. However, these transformation did not bring the economic development and welfare to their people, but more turbulences. In the realm of security, terrorism is still a severe threat to many countries. In foreign affairs, facing the rapidly rising China, new ASEAN - China relations are being constructed.