发展地区主义与东亚合作

Abstract:Mainstream IR theories made pessimistic predictions about peace and stability in East Asia after the end of the Cold War. However，in the past few decades，not only has general peace been maintained in the region，but also economic growth and regional cooperation has been dynamic. Misperceptions about East Asia are largely due to inadequate attention to the core problem，anchoring practice and common background knowledge of East Asian states in the post-Cold War era，that is，development. The paper argues for a distinctive form of regionalism practiced in East Asia，which can be called developmental regionalism. Development mainly refers to economic development，which as the anchoring practice，embodies the defining principles，norms and infrastructure of East Asian regional processes. Developmental security is the regional security norm，which means security challenges and disputes are typically resolved in regional consultative processes to facilitate development. Featuring pragmatism，flexibility and co-evolution，developmental regionalism nurtures the habit of cooperation and prepares conditions for regional community building. The paper takes the South China Sea disputes as a case to illustrate how conflicts were averted and stability and cooperation maintained even in a most sensitive area of territorial security in East Asia through the practice of developmental regionalism.

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