The ASEAN Regional Forum in United States East Asian strategy
The ASEAN Regional Forum in United States East Asian strategy
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东盟地区论坛中的美国东亚战略
DOI：
10.1080/0951274042000182410
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发表时间：
2004
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通讯作者：
Evelyn Goh
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作者：
Evelyn Goh
本文分析了自1991年以来美国对东盟地区论坛（ARF）态度的发展。文章分析了超级大国为何参与多边安全机构的理论，并探讨了乔治·H·布什政府参与多边安全机构的态度和程度的动机。布什、克林顿和乔治W.布什政府对东盟地区论坛。文章认为，冷战后，面对中国的崛起，美国的东亚战略一直以保持美国的实力优势为目标。因此，美国一直奉行以区域双边联盟结构为中心的遏制和威慑战略。多边机构一直被视为支持与中国接触的次要战略的补充手段。然而，东盟区域论坛并不被视为实现这一补充目标的重要机构之一。由于无法处理关键的地区安全问题，东盟地区论坛被华盛顿视为低风险的竞技场。但本文的结论是，美国参与东盟地区论坛可能仍然是至关重要的，以提高美国在该地区的安全利益的合法性，从而有助于维护美国的优势。
This paper analyses the development of the US approach to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), from 1991 onwards. It examines theories of why a superpower would participate in a multilateral security institution, and investigates the motivations for the attitudes and extent of participation of the George H. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush administrations towards the ARF. It argues that, in the post-Cold War period and in the face of a rising China, US East Asia strategy has been geared towards retaining the American preponderance of power. Thus, the US has pursued a strategy of containment and deterrence centred upon the regional bilateral alliance structure. Multilateral institutions have been treated as a supplementary means of supporting the secondary strategy of engaging with China. However, the ARF is not viewed as one of the important institutions through which to fulfil this supplementary aim. Because it cannot deal with the key regional security issues, the ARF is seen as a low-stakes arena by Washington. But the paper concludes that US participation in the ARF may nevertheless be crucial in boosting the legitimacy of American security interests in the region, thus helping to safeguard US preponderance.