Thai-Cambodian Conflict: The Failure of ASEAN's Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
Thai-Cambodian Conflict: The Failure of ASEAN's Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
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泰柬冲突：东盟争端解决机制的失败
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10.18588/201305.000005
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2013
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P. Chachavalpongpun
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作者：
P. Chachavalpongpun
2008年，泰国政治团体将柏威夏寺问题政治化后，泰柬冲突重新点燃。反对派指责沙马政府渴望实现其私人利益，以换取泰国支持柬埔寨将柏威夏列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录。在泰国，有一种观点认为，如果柬埔寨申办成功，该国将失去有争议的4.6平方公里的寺庙周围地区。这促使泰国的一些人非正式地宣布与柬埔寨处于战争状态。这场危机对东盟也产生了严重影响。泰国拒绝东盟的调解作用，从而表明它不信任区域争端解决机制。对东盟来说，它暴露了其在对其成员国行使权力方面的弱点，以及在管理地区争端方面的无能。本文认为，东盟一方面需要在地区政治中发挥关键作用，特别是在解决地区领土争端方面，另一方面又需要以牺牲地区化进程为代价，屈从于成员国维护国家主权的自身利益，以维持地区现状。
In 2008, the Thai-Cambodian conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple was reignited after the issue became politicized by political groups in Thailand. The opposition accused the Samak Sundaravej government of aspiring to achieve its private interests in exchange for Thailand’s support for Cambodia’s bid to have the Preah Vihear listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Thailand, there was a belief that if Cambodia’s bid was successful, the country would lose the disputed 4.6-square-kilometer area surrounding the temple. This pushed elements in Thailand to unofficially declare a state of war with Cambodia. This crisis also had a serious impact on ASEAN. Thailand rejected ASEAN’s mediating role, thus revealing its distrust in regional dispute settlement mechanisms. For ASEAN, it unveiled its weakness in exercising authority over its members, and its incompetency in the management of regional disputes. This article argues that ASEAN was caught between the need to be a key player in regional politics, especially in tackling territorial disputes in the region, and the need to maintain the region’s status quo by appearing subservient to the members’ self-interest in protecting their national sovereignty at the expense of progress on regionalization.