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 …

sovereignty, which is clearly a fear in East Asia. A supranational executive can be tightly controlled by the governments if (i …. Preferences may not yet have converged sufficiently in East Asia, but a system of representation can be designed which would allow … states to be represented equitably in a supranational decision-making structure in the region, as the ASEAN+3 states have …

whole East Asia region, focusing on four ‗supra-structure institutions‘: ASEAN Plus Three, East Asia Summit, Asia …Regionalism and regional integration in East Asia has developed dynamically at various levels over the past two decades …. In the world system, East Asia‘s degree of regional economic coherence is second only to the European Union‘s. In …

some lessons from this analysis for ASEAN countries. The most important lesson is that closely integrated supranational …