In the research field of comparative regionalism, divergent positions on how to frame the EU are a major obstacle to constructing a general theory of regionalism. Put simply, this is the issue of whether or not to treat the EU as a model. However, there has been no systemic study on how non- EU regionalisms have subjectively framed the EU in actuality. Have other regions held the EU as a model? This paper elucidates how ASEAN has perceived European integration and what factors have brought changes to that perception by using a variety of sources. Entering the 1990s, ASEAN came to see the EU as a model for its accelerated movement toward economic integration, also perceiving the need to increase institutionalization. This finding suggests that to call for a break with EU-centrism betrays a somewhat distorted view of actual conditions.

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东盟眼中的欧洲一体化：重新思考比较区域主义中的欧洲中心主义

在比较区域主义研究领域，关于如何构建欧盟的不同立场是构建区域主义一般理论的主要障碍。简单的说，这就是要不要把欧盟当做榜样的问题。然而，对于非欧盟地区主义在现实中是如何主观地框定欧盟的，目前还没有系统的研究。其他地区是否以欧盟为榜样？本文通过使用各种来源阐明了东盟如何看待欧洲一体化以及哪些因素改变了这种看法。进入 1990 年代，东盟开始将欧盟视为加速经济一体化进程的典范，同时也意识到需要加强制度化。这一发现表明，呼吁与欧盟中心主义决裂是对实际情况有些扭曲的看法。