Herein lies Asia’s specific paradox: a high level of economic integration has not given rise to regional institutions that can support the stability required for sustained prosperity. Instead, Asia remains deeply scarred by unsettled disputes, periodic fits of nationalism, and contested borders, all of which tend to be amplified by apprehension stemming from the asymmetric rise of some of its powers.
在这里隐藏着亚洲的特殊矛盾：高度经济融合并没有带来能支持持续繁荣所需要的稳定的制度融合。相反，亚洲仍深深地被未解决纠纷、周期性民族主义和边界纠纷困扰着，所有这些都因为一些强国的不对称崛起所引起的担忧而愈演愈烈。