老师好，大家好。今天我要解释一下东盟共同体建设面临的挑战与前景。东盟共同体建设的理解帮助你更好了解东盟的未来，因此这篇论文的内容是很重要的。比如说，作者使用这篇论文为了比较东盟和欧盟的性质和发展。他到底决定了因为东盟和欧盟的一体化程度不一样，你并不能比较这两个共同体的发展过程。
我今天要说一说东盟共同体建设的矛盾及困难和它的前景。因为东盟的矛盾和困难是它的特色之一，所以我要特别重视这些矛盾和困难，比如说地理，文化，经济和追求的利益。
东盟共同体建设是“在多样化中求统一”，尽管面临着许多困难和矛盾，但各国之间合作发展的“统一性”是存在的。冷战之后，1992年东盟国家决定了建立东盟自由贸易区。1994年东南亚十国发表了《东南亚十国关于建立东南亚共同体设想的声明》。1999年4月，柬埔寨的加入标志着东南亚在组织上的一体化最终形成。
作者说虽然东盟建设面临了六个严肃的问题，但是这些国家之间还合作发展的“统一性”存在的。第一个挑战是各国地理和资源的情况怎么影响它们的发展。第二个困难是各国民族，宗教和文化形态的复杂多元性，东南亚全区共有400多民族和部族。第三是经济发展水平的差异。第四个矛盾是社会制度和政府制度的不同。第五个困难是边界，领土和领海争议。第六个问题是各国追求的利益不同。
作者到底觉得因为东盟共同体各国之间有这么多差异，就不可能用东盟对别的地区国家组织做比较。东盟并不跟着欧盟的超国家机构建设过程，反而东盟建设过程强调了尊重各国的独立，主权和领土。
English Translation
Today I want to explain the challenges that ASEAN faced while developing, and the prospects for its future. To understand ASEAN’s future, we must first understand its development. The author uses his essay to compare ASEAN with the European Union, and finds that these two organizations’ degrees of unity are not the same, and thus we cannot compare their developments.
ASEAN was formed by finding unity among a sea of differences. Although the organization faced many challenges, it still managed to emerge as a united identity. After the Cold War, in 1992, ASEAN countries decided to establish a Southeast Asia Free Trade Zone. In 1994, the ten countries of Southeast Asia announced the ASEAN Regional Forum. In April of 1999, Cambodia joined ASEAN, which symbolized the completion of the group.
The author says that although during formation, ASEAN faced many problems, these nations still managed to work together to create a united identity. From a broad viewpoint, we can place each of these problems into three separate categories: geopolitics, regional economic and trade practices, and security and defense mentalities.
The first challenge is the varying geographies and natural resources of each Southeast Asian nation. Every nation’s minerals, energy sources, animals, and agricultural resources situation were different. The second difficulty is each country’s unique ethnicities, religions, and culture. Southeast Asia as a whole has more than 400 ethnicities. The third problem is the different levels of economic development. Singapore is the only developed nation, with Malaysia and Thailand as emerging industrialized nations, Indonesia and Philippines advancing towards that status, and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar in the bottom tier.
The fourth contradiction is the difference in government systems: group rule (Thailand, Malaysia), republican rule (Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines), and absolute group rule (Brunei). The fifth difficulty is border and territorial disputes that have simmered but not been fully resolved. The sixth problem is that each nation is pursuing its own individual interests within the scope of ASEAN.
In the end, the author believes that due to the differences between ASEAN nations, we cannot compare ASEAN with other supra-national groups. ASEAN has not followed the European Union’s path of development; rather, it has developed on a path that respects national sovereignty and independence.