21/05/2026
🗣️ 【EMI講座紀實|Manoj教授:競逐中的發展模式——中國、南南合作與印太秩序】
美中兩強角力方興未艾,全球南方國家在大國博弈之間左右為難:究竟該靠向哪一邊,還是另闢蹊徑?當「選邊站」的壓力愈來愈具體,南南合作究竟是真實的戰略選項,還是一個動聽卻難以兌現的口號?
印度金德爾全球大學(O.P. Jindal Global University)國際事務學院副教授、現任外交部駐政治大學訪問學者Dr. Manoj Kumar Panigrahi,於5月21日受邀至淡江戰略所發表演講,聚焦中國崛起、南南合作與印太秩序三者之間的複雜互動。
Manoj教授以「什麼是全球南方?」作為破題,探討南北對立的歷史脈絡是否只是冷戰時代不結盟運動的當代延伸。在此基礎上,他進一步援引修昔底德陷阱的概念,分析當前地緣政治格局下大國競爭的深層邏輯,並追問:究竟是什麼驅使各國採取有悖於自身政策立場的行動?
在印太區域合作的討論上,Manoj教授援引了若干具體案例:2004年南亞海嘯催生了四方安全對話(Quad)的雛形,2011年及2015年日本地震引發的國際救援合作,以及氣候變遷與「亞洲價值觀」所形塑的共同利益。他認為,儘管各國在語言、價值觀與規範上存在差異,印太地區仍存在真實的合作基礎。然而,他也以新冠疫情為反例,追問在真正的危機時刻,國家究竟選擇合作還是競爭。
講座在一個開放性問題中作結:南南合作究竟是一個神話,還是各國藉以推進戰略利益的真實機遇?為回應這個問題,Manoj教授從經濟機遇與風險、政治影響力與主權,及全球體系碎片化三個面向切入,留給聽眾充分的思考空間。答案或許沒有定論,但問題本身,已足以引發深思。
Dr. Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Associate Professor at Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, and currently a visiting scholar hosted at National Chengchi University under Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs program, delivered a lecture at the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies (GIIASS) on May 21, examining the intersections among China's rise, South-South cooperation, and the emerging Indo-Pacific order.
Prof. Manoj opened with the question: “What is the Global South, and what does the North-South debate actually mean?” He explored whether this divide is simply a contemporary extension of Cold War-era non-alignment, before applying the Thucydides Trap framework to current geopolitical dynamics. He further probed the nature of power and the conditions under which states act against their own stated policies.
On Indo-Pacific cooperation, Prof. Manoj drew on concrete cases: the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which contributed to the formation of the Quad; the 2011 and 2015 earthquakes in Japan; climate change; and the notion of “Asian Values.” Despite differences in language, values, and norms, he argued that meaningful cooperation across the Indo-Pacific remains possible. He then introduced COVID-19 as a counterpoint, raising the question of whether states cooperate or compete when truly tested.
The lecture concluded with an open-ended question: is South-South cooperation a myth, or a genuine opportunity for states to advance their strategic goals? To address this, Prof. Manoj examined three dimensions: economic opportunities and risks, political influence and sovereignty, and fragmentation in global systems. The answers may remain unsettled, but the questions themselves are worth sitting with.
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