Lan Anh:倘若脱离了和平与安稳，经济发展本身，又究竟意义何在

诗繁韵诗社

Beneath Invisible Boundaries

(A perspective of a Vietnamese economics student living and working in Germany)

Aschaffenburg, 03.04.26

I stand amid Europe’s winds and shifting lights,

where global headlines rise with every dawn,

and words of conflict, energy, and power

become the rhythm of an ordinary life I read each day.

Far from my homeland,

I hear voices echo through halls of authority,

speaking of security, nuclear thresholds,

and limits that must not be crossed

in a world defined by uncertainty.

I study economics,

and so I have learned to see invisible currents:

oil flowing through narrow straits,

capital moving across markets,

and expectations, trust, and belief

rising and falling like ever-moving curves.

The Strait of Hormuz is not merely a point on a map,

but a critical node in the global economy,

where even the smallest disruption can spread outward

into prices, inflation, and the lives of those

who have never set foot upon its shores.

I begin to realize

that within the great decisions of politics

there is always the presence of economics,

and within numbers that seem cold and abstract

lie the livelihoods of millions of families.

Between calls for sovereignty and alliance,

between confrontation and negotiation,

the world operates as an intricate web,

where no nation truly stands apart

from the influence of the rest.

Living in Germany,

I see this interdependence not as theory,

but in every energy bill I receive,

in prices, in the steady rhythm of a life

that seems distant from the idea of conflict.

And sometimes,

amid reports of war and macroeconomic analysis,

I find myself asking:

what does economic development truly mean

if it does not move alongside peace and stability?

The world continues to move forward,

through decisions shaped by risk and restraint,

and we — though separated by distance —

remain part of the same system,

where every shift in one corner of the world

can quietly reach into the lives of others

in its own unseen way.

无形边界之下

（一名在德国生活求学的越南经济学子视角）

阿沙芬堡，2026年4月3日

我伫立在欧洲的清风与流转光影之间，

每一个黎明，全球新闻接踵而至，

那些关于纷争、能源与权势的言论，

已然成了我平凡日常里日日品读的韵律。

远离故土，

我听见权威殿堂里人声回荡，

谈论着安全格局、核武红线，

以及这个充满未知的世界里，

那些绝不可逾越的界限。

我研习经济学，

因而学会洞悉那些无形的暗流：

原油穿梭于狭窄海峡，

资本流转于各大市场，

而期许、信任与信念，

如起伏曲线，生生不息。

霍尔木兹海峡，从来不止是地图上的一个坐标，

更是全球经济的关键枢纽。

哪怕一丝微小动荡，也会向外蔓延，

牵动物价、通胀，

波及那些从未踏足这片海岸的普通人的生活。

我渐渐懂得，

重大政治决策的背后，

总有经济的底色；

那些看似冰冷抽象的数字里，

藏着万千家庭的生计冷暖。

在主权诉求与同盟立场之间，

在对峙博弈与谈判协商之间，

世界织就一张错综复杂的网络，

没有任何一个国家，

能真正独立于世间彼此的影响之外。

身居德国，

我深知这种相互依存从不是纸上理论，

而是体现在每一张能源账单上，

体现在日常物价与安稳生活的点滴里，

看似与战火纷争遥不可及。

时而，

置身战火新闻与宏观经济分析之中，

我不禁发问：

倘若脱离了和平与安稳，

经济发展本身，又究竟意义何在？

世界依旧滚滚向前，

在风险与克制之间做出一次次抉择。

我们纵使相隔山海，

却始终身处同一个体系之中——

世间一隅的每一次波澜，

都会以无形的方式，

悄然牵动远方众生的生活。