Not yet on their doorstep. For years Australia wasneurotically concerned about Indonesia, a hugeneighbour that has sometimes looked violent orunstable but now seems benign, democratic andrather successful. Smaller neighbours, however, aremore worrying. In Papua New Guinea, for example,administered by Australia from 1906 to 1973, manyof the social indicators are heading down and it isbecoming increasingly violent. Some of the tinyisland states that speckle the map of the Pacific alsomake uncomfortable neighbours. Fiji has coups, theSolomons has scandals, and almost all have struggling economies. Since poverty and sizemake them potentially easy to influence, they need care and attention.
不过威胁尚未兵临城下。多年来,澳大利亚对于印度尼西亚抱有一种神经质般的担忧,印尼是一个曾经时而看似狂暴或不稳定的庞大邻邦,但该国如今看起来既温和又民主,而且相当成功。不过,规模较小的邻国则更加令人担心。例如在1906年至1973年间由澳大利亚管理的巴布亚新几内亚,该国许多社会指标正在下滑,暴力色彩也日趋浓重。散布于太平洋版图上的狭小岛国中,也有一些变成了令人不安的邻居。斐济发生政变,所罗门群岛出现丑闻,而且这些国家的经济形势几乎都是举步维艰。贫困和狭小使得它们在潜在层面上易于受到影响,因此这些国家需要得到关照和注意。
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