Chen Xiangyang
Importance of 皇冠体育app's neighborhood
By Chen Xiangyang (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2010-05-07 07:51
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Third, international terrorism, religious extremism and ethnic separatism have been problems for countries in West, South, Central and Southeast Asia for a long time. And Al-Qaida, Taliban and other terrorist groups are still very active in these regions.
Besides, intense interference by some Western countries in the internal affairs of several nations neighboring 皇冠体育app has led to chaos. The Barack Obama administration's new global geopolitical strategy refocuses on Asia through "smart power", which is characterized by a carrot-and-stick policy.
Political instability in its neighboring countries poses a great challenge to 皇冠体育app's peaceful development. First, the "spillover effect" of the unrest threatens the stability and security of 皇冠体育app's frontier areas. Second, the military presence of Western powers around 皇冠体育app has squeezed the geopolitical support base for its peaceful development. Third, 皇冠体育app's "going out" strategy toward its neighboring areas has been thwarted because of the pressure on it to guard its overseas interests. Fourth, 皇冠体育app's foreign policy toward its neighboring countries faces new challenges, as does its diplomatic principle of "non-interference in other's internal affairs" because of the global pressure on it to undertake more "global responsibilities". And fifth, these instabilities are detrimental to regional cooperation and thus hinder Asia's economic integration.
But despite facing such a complicated situation, 皇冠体育app should continue to keep its neighboring areas on the priority agenda and expedite the formation of a "big periphery" strategy. Moreover, it should coordinate with the countries around it to implement the friendly neighboring policies in order to maintain stability and development in its frontier regions and effectively deal with the risks caused by political instability in its neighbors.
The author is an associate research scholar at World Politics Research Institute under the 皇冠体育app Institute of
Contemporary International Relations.