东盟成员国之间最近所发生的公开冲突使人觉得该组织已陷入了混乱。东盟早先显然未能对地区性经济危机和印度尼西亚森林大火的烟雾作出有效的反应,这是导致发生这些冲突的原因。东盟在1997年接纳缅甸和柬埔寨因发生军事政变而延迟进入东盟,同样也引起了很大的争议。尽管人们对东盟的许多批评都表明他们对该组织的性质和起源知之甚少,但在过去的两年期间,东 The recent public clashes between ASEAN member countries have made one feel that the Organization has been in turmoil. The apparent failure of ASEAN to respond effectively to the regional economic crisis and the smog of Indonesian forest fires was the reason for these conflicts. ASEAN’s acceptance of Myanmar and Cambodia in 1997 as a result of the military coup and the delay in their accession to ASEAN also aroused much controversy. Although many of the criticisms of ASEAN have shown that they know little about the nature and origin of the organization, in the past two years East