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Foundations of collective action in Asia: Theory and practice of regional cooperation

Acharya, Amitav - 2012

's Republic of China [PRC])2 in the 1940s and 1950s, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1967, and Indonesia … in the context of Asia as a whole) have lacked the necessary resources. The result has been that while the ASEAN …

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Foundations of Collective Action in Asia : Theory and Practice of Regional Cooperation

Acharya, Amitav - 2014

This paper argues that the collective action in Asia by its regional organizations has historically suffered from a “capability–legitimacy gap”: a disjuncture between the capability (in terms of material resources) of major Asian powers to lead regional cooperation on the one hand and...

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ASEAN integration in 2030: United States perspectives

Heng, Pek Koon - 2012

architecture led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - was motivated by four changes in the regional economic … landscape: (i) the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and emergence of the ASEAN+3 grouping; (ii) the rise of the People's Republic … TPP trade negotiations. The second is represented by the Asia-only ASEAN+3 framework, a shallowly institutionalized …

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Emerging geopolitical trends and security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the People's Republic of China, and India (ACI) region

Mohan, C. Raja - 2013

The rapid economic growth in the region consisting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People …

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ASEAN 2030 : Challenges of Building a Mature Political and Security Community

Acharya, Amitav - 2014

The paper examines ASEAN's political and security challenges and prospects in the coming two decades. The challenges … facing ASEAN could be classified into six broad categories: (1) the shifting balance of power in the Asia Pacific; (2) the … persistence of intra-ASEAN territorial conflicts; (3) the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, (4) the programs of military …

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Political economy of East Asian regional integration and cooperation

Katada, Saori N. - 2009

In the last decade, East Asia has engaged in constructing numerous mechanisms to enhance regional cooperation in the areas of trade and finance. However, the region's economic architecture exhibits certain idiosyncrasies such as an eclectic institutional structure and a limited level of...

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Evaluating the contributions of regional trade agreements to governance of service trade

Stephenson, Sherry; Robert, Maryse - 2011

Since the early 1990s, regional trade agreements (RTAs) covering trade in services have proliferated, with 95 RTAs on services notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), as of June 2011. This paper discusses how RTAs...

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Prospects for regional cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and Pacific Region: Perspective from East Asia

Medalla, Erlinda; Balboa, Jenny - 2010

The Asia and Pacific region and Latin American and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic distance, but also by disparities in economics, politics, culture, and history. Most recently, a number of forums explored the possibility of closing such gaps and linking the...

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Institutions for Asian integration: Innovation and reform

Capannelli, Giovanni; Tan, See Seng - 2012

The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help from regional institutions in promoting the creation of a single Asian market. While this approach has served the region well in the past, the drastic changes experienced since...

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Responding to the global financial crisis: The evolution of Asian regionalism and economic globalization

Chin, Gregory - 2012

"regional connectivity" programs that have also been championed by Japan and ASEAN countries, such as the GMS, CAREC, and …

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