Abstract:

With the iterative advancement of digital technology, digital infrastructure has become a core arena of great power competition. Southeast Asia, due to its geopolitical hub status at the "crossroads of the Indo-Pacific" and its digital market potential, has become a key frontier for US digital geopolitical practices. The US digital infrastructure deployment in Southeast Asia follows the fundamental logic of "network control, computing power monopoly, and algorithmic penetration" and is essentially a digital geopolitical tool serving the "Indo-Pacific Strategy". Based on three-dimensional analysis of"technology, norms, and geopolitics",this paper reveals that the US digital infrastructure deployment in Southeast Asia aims to integrate Southeast Asia into a US-dominated digital ecosystem through technological integration and rule export, thereby offsetting China's digital influence. In practice, the US primarily seeks to seize regional digital infrastructure leadership through institutionalizing digital infrastructure cooperation, leveraging the initiative of digital enterprises, and building an alliance that excludes China digital infrastructure alliance. While the US digital infrastructure deployment in Southeast Asia faces numerous limitations, China still needs to break through US digital geopolitical containment by promoting the concept of technological inclusion, strengthening regional digital governance coordination, and enhancing the alignment of digital trade rules.

Key words: "Indo-Pacific Strategy", digital geopolitics, digital infrastructure, digital economy, "Digital Silk Road"

摘要：

随着数字技术的迭代升级，数字基建已成为大国竞争的核心领域。东南亚凭借“印太十字路口”的地理枢纽地位与数字市场潜力，成为美国数字地缘政治实践的关键前沿。美国在东南亚的数字基建布局遵循“网络控制-算力争夺-场景渗透”的基本逻辑，其本质是服务于“印太战略”的数字地缘政治工具。基于“技术-规范-地缘”三维框架的分析发现，美国在东南亚的数字基建布局旨在通过技术绑定、规则输出与地缘竞争，将东南亚纳入美国主导的数字基建生态体系，进而对冲中国的数字影响力。在具体实践过程中，美国所采取的推动数字基建合作制度化、发挥数字企业能动性以及构建排华数字基建联盟等举措，将在一定程度上阻滞“数字丝绸之路”在东南亚的推进，削弱中国在东南亚的数字基建比较优势，冲击中国与东南亚国家的数字经济合作。虽然美国在东南亚的数字基建布局存在诸多限制，但中国仍需通过传播技术普惠包容理念、强化区域数字治理协同、加强数字贸易规则对接等策略破解美国数字地缘政治围堵。

关键词: “印太战略”, 数字地缘政治, 数字基建, 数字经济, “数字丝绸之路”