Abstract:

How is the future of the Indo-Pacific institutional arrangements envisioned by the Quad and ASEAN? Are they mutually exclusive or compatible? How can the institutional competition between the Quad and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific be avoided? I argue that the institutional competition between the Quad and ASEAN can be provisionally alleviated through strategic ambiguities about the institutional division of labor in the Indo-Pacific. However, such strategic ambiguities do not resolve normative inconsistencies between the Quad and ASEAN, which would probably trigger institutional competition in the future. To resolve such difficulties, both the Quad and ASEAN need to create a mechanism that clarifies their regional institutional division of labor.

摘要：

四方和东盟如何展望印太制度安排的未来？它们是互斥的还是兼容的？如何避免四方与东盟在印太地区的制度竞争？我认为，四方与东盟之间的制度竞争可以通过印太地区制度分工的战略模糊性暂时缓解。然而，这种战略模糊性并不能解决四方与东盟之间的规范不一致，这可能会在未来引发制度竞争。为了解决这些困难，四方和东盟都需要建立一个机制来明确他们的区域制度分工。