Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years … sequence, is there a case for monetary union in East Asia? Is there a case for expanded free-trade areas (FTAs) in the region … Equilibrium (CGE) model, to evaluate the economics of monetary/financial integration and various configurations of FTAs in Asia …

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of … judicial institutions elsewhere have also rarely been used to resolve inter-state disputes. The most valuable lesson for Asia … and private parties about the implementation of international law. While Asia lacks an extensive set of regional laws and …

regionalist projects in Asia throughout the 1990s. As they demonstrate, Asian countries, especially Japan, have held a strong … desire to establish an Asia-only regional cooperation framework at least since the early 1990s. The basic policy stance of …

Achieving Financial Stability in Asia sets out to identify the elements which could restore confidence to the countries … to the economic problems of Asia. The Forum also includes an open meeting where these ideas can be tested in front of a …