Although Asia is the world’s most dynamic region, it has a paucity of institutional mechanisms for resolving – or at least mitigating – international disputes of the type that are ratcheting up tension across the region. Because the now-annual trilateral summits offer real hope for creating an institutionalized dialogue among Northeast Asia’s “Big Three,” China’s unwillingness to participate this year does not bode well.
东京——中国拒绝如期出席今年的中日韩峰会将三国拖入了困难时期。尽管亚洲地区活力居全球之冠，但却缺少解决——或至少是缓和——激化地区紧张局势的国际争端的组织机制。因为当前的三方年度峰会带来了东北亚三巨头制度性对话的切实希望，中国不愿参与今年的峰会绝非好的预兆。