Die Feststellung, daß sich das weltwirtschaftliche Gravitationszentrum zunehmend in den asiatisch-pazifischen Raum verlagert, gehört mittlerweile zu den Gemeinplätzen internationaler Politikanalysen. Mindestens ebenso bemerkenswert ist jedoch die verstärkte innerregionale Kooperation auf...

The proliferation of preferential trade agreements in Asia may result in a number of hub-and-spoke configurations, with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, People's Republic of China, and Japan competing as regional hubs of bilateral free trade areas. Using a newly developed global...

"Mega-regionalism in the Asia Pacific has led to the formation of several emerging trade blocs, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This book, in addition to the examination of trade policies in the region, offers a comprehensive analysis of ongoing developments such as the impact of new...

The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional...