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马凯硕的“小国论”,或许更加适合今天的新加坡?

 马凯硕的“小国论”,或许更加适合今天的新加坡?


小国如果出现具有远见的政治人物,深入洞察地缘政治的走向,或许,可以做出区域、国际贡献,发挥更加大的光辉。反之,应该谨慎行事,做好本分工作。


小国应该做小国的事情。马凯硕2017年的言论,在新新加坡外交圈内,大受批评,被认为不合国情,不利新加坡。2017年,李光耀还在,或许还有一定的道理,放在今天还适合吗?


马凯硕认为李光耀,吴庆瑞和拉勒乐南,三位建国先贤对他有深远影响。他们咋地缘政治上,有独特的分析和见解。“小国论”,有没有受到他们的影响,还是马凯硕本身的结论?在最近的访问中,马凯硕并没有修改立场的意思,只说语气、用词可以改变一下。


新加坡已经不是当年的新加坡,先贤们已经过去,我们只是在经济上表现得亮眼。如果认为,钱就代表一切,有钱就能任性,忘记自己是否有着先贤们的睿智,远见,分析能力,。。。而一意孤行,认为自己比先贤行,这就很危险了。


马凯硕说,他有很多批评者,这些批评者多到可以申请吉尼斯世界记录。可见,他的反对者人数之多。当然,他在一些地方,尤其是中国,是受到欢迎的人物。无论如何,马凯硕认为,有不同的意见,提出不同的看法是好事。


事实上,他认为,他指出的一切是有利西方的。西方,尤其是美国,现今缺少具有远见的政治人物,看不明白新的亚洲时代,多元、多极世界的未来。问题是,新加坡是不是也陷入这个看不明白,分不清地缘政治的变迁。尤其是,外交部里那一些反对马凯硕见解的人。


马凯硕虽然出身外交部,不过不属于主流思维。因此,才有批评者,这当然包括影响新加坡外交政策的人。“小国论”过去了这么多年,先贤们也不在了,新加坡到底有没有培养深入洞察、了解地缘政治的人物为国效劳?看看现在的政治人物和外交官,新加坡是否应该考虑不同的意见?国内政治如此,外交活动也应该如此。



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