2021年,约翰逊政府运用多种手段提升英国在印太地区的影响与存在。其中,英国的海军部署或技术装备转移格外引人注目。英国不仅部署了航母打击群,促成澳英美三边安全伙伴关系,还常态化地部署了两艘巡逻舰。世界其他地区安全形势的变化,尤其是俄乌冲突的爆发,并不允许英国专注于印太事务。约翰逊政府在俄乌冲突中表现活跃,但这似乎并未严重影响其对印太事务的关注与投入。英国很快表明了持续介入印太事务的态度,继续稳步推进与印太行为体的经贸及防务安全合作。但与俄乌冲突前有所不同,英国现在有意捆绑欧洲与印太安全,推行印太战略时的集团对抗与意识形态色彩有所加强。
<<To increase the UK’s influence and presence in the Indo-Pacific region,the Johnson government employed a variety of means in 2021,among which naval deployments or the transfers of naval technology and equipment were most eye-catching. The UK not only sent a Carrier Strike Group,facilitated the establishment of AUKUS,but also deployed two OPVs to the region on a regular basis. However,changes of security situations in other parts of the world,particularly the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict,distracted the UK’s attention from Indo-Pacific affairs. The Johnson government was very active in the conflict,but this did not seem to seriously affect its attention and commitment to the Indo-Pacific affairs. The UK was soon to make clear its attitude that it would engage the region continuously,promoting economic,trade,defence and security cooperation with Indo-Pacific players steadily. When furthering its Indo-Pacific strategy,the UK now tends to bind European and Indo-Pacific security,and the tone of group rivalry and ideology is strengthened.
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