The Research on Influences on Politics, Socio-economy, and National Security of the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone from the United States to the Republic of Panama

巴拿马运河和美国在运河区的军事基地于1999年12月31日从U.S.to归还巴拿马共和国。但巴拿马共和国仍面临着一些问题，如运河的管理，包括安全通过，应对美国基地撤离带来的失业问题，克服严重的经济衰退，维护国内安全和加强国家安全。莫斯科政府采取了几项重要措施，如归还运河和撤出美国军事基地。然而，政府为与U.S.is建立合作关系所做的努力迄今为止并不一定成功。自运河和运河区回归以来，共和国周围的局势并不一定令人印象深刻，因为以下事实：政府更迭导致的政治混乱，美国海军的撤离加剧了国内安全， ...更多信息 由于“基地效益经济”的消失，失业率持续上升，中南美地区经济严重衰退的影响不可避免，哥伦比亚游击队在边境地区的活动十分活跃，尤其是前美军基地的重建能否在今后几年内成功，势必影响巴拿马的国内安全，以及运河的安全通行在这方面，巴拿马共和国作为中美洲的经济中心，对中美洲经济发挥着至关重要的作用。特别是，运河一直是世界交通的主要动脉。因此，运河的安全通行对我们的经济也是一个重要问题，特别是考虑到日本对运河的使用仅次于美国。1999年进行的第一次研究不仅考察了国内政治局势和回归所产生的社会经济影响，还分析了未来几年运河的安全通道，以及包括前美军基地在内的运河区的重新开发规划。2000年进行的第二次研究，考察了确保运河安全通过所需的各种前提条件，分析了政治、经济、社会、国家和国际安全等方面的情况和问题，并思考了日本的国际合作方式。鉴于再开发的重要性，本研究还对菲律宾共和国前美军基地的再开发进行了案例研究。这项研究不仅在巴拿马进行，而且也在美国和联合国进行。少

The Panama Canal and the United States military base on the Canal Zone was returned from the U.S.to the Republic of Panama on December 31, 1999. The Republic of Panama is nevertheless faced with a number of problems such as those managing the Canal including its safe passage, coping with unemployment issue derived from the withdrawal of U.S.base, overcoming serious economic recession, maintaining domestic security and strengthening national security. The Moscos Administration undertook several important measures such as the returning of the Canal and the withdrawal of U.S.military base. The administration's effort toward constructing cooperative relations with the U.S.is however not necessarily successful to date.Since the returning of the Canal and Canal Zone, situations surrounding the Republic is not necessarily impressive in terms of the following facts : political confusion resulted from the change of administration, aggravation of domestic security by the withdrawal of the U.S.Mi … More litary , steady increase of unemployment because of the disappearance of "the base-benefiting-economy", unavoidable influence from serious recession in Central and South America region, and active activities of Colombian guerrillas on the border.Above all, whether the redevelopment of the former U.S.military base would succeed in the years to come may unavoidably influence on the domestic security of Panama, and safe passage in the Canal as well. In this connection, the Republic of Panama plays a vital role for Central American economy as an economic center in Central America. Especially, the Canal has been a main artery for world traffic. The safe passage in the Canal is therefore an important issue for our economy as well, especially in light of the fact that Japanese use of the Canal represents the second only next to the U.S.The first research conducted in the year of 1999 examined not only domestic political situation and socio-economic influences to be stemmed from the returning, but also analyzed safe passage in the Canal in the years to come and re-development planning of the Canal Zone including the former U.S.military bases. The second research made in the year of 2000, examining a variety of preconditions required for assuring safe passage of the Canal, analyzes situations aud problems on its politics, economy, society, and national and international security, and considers the way of Japanese international cooperation. The research, in light of the significance of re-development, also made a case study on the re-development of the former U.S.military bases in the Republic of the Philippines. The research was conducted not only in Panama, but also in the United States and the United Nations as well. Less