Abstract

Exploring the ‘organization gap’ that exists in Northeast Asia, this article seeks to explain why there is no such minimal, Deutschian security community and discerns four impediments: played up islands disputes as a symptom of deep resentment shaped by histories of war and animosity; the rise of a fervent form of nationalism related to collective memories and projected at ‘the other;’ the American alliance system and China-US strategic distrust and rivalry; and the nuclear weapons pursuit of North Korea. Contrasting the fatalist logic of the dominant neorealist paradigm, the article goes into the deeper underlying and interconnected obstacles that sustain opposing blocs in Northeast Asia in a spiral of mistrust and arming. Arriving at the ‘Concert,’ or ‘Community’ proposed by White and Kissinger means that the structural, power aspect as well as the domestic socio-historic dynamics particular to Northeast Asia should be examined first. In doing so, the article puts forth conditions under which a process of ‘desecuritisation’ can lead to a viable community in Northeast Asia.

摘要

本文探索东北亚存在的“组织鸿沟”，试图解释为什么没有这么小的德国安全社区，并发现了四个障碍：将岛屿争端渲染为战争和仇恨历史形成的深切怨恨的症状；一种与集体记忆相关并投射到“他者”的狂热民族主义形式的兴起；美国同盟体系与中美战略不信任与对抗；以及朝鲜对核武器的追求。与占主导地位的新现实主义范式的宿命论逻辑相反，本文深入探讨了在不信任和武装的螺旋中维持东北亚对立集团的更深层次的潜在和相互关联的障碍。到达怀特和基辛格提出的“音乐会”或“社区”意味着结构性，应该首先研究权力方面以及东北亚特有的国内社会历史动态。在这样做的过程中，文章提出了“去证券化”过程可以在东北亚形成一个可行的社区的条件。