Making Process, Not Progress: ASEAN and the Evolving East Asian Regional Order

Trade Arrangements and Evolving East Asian and Asia Pacific

The paper begins by noting that proposals involving significant developments in the regional tradearchitecture are being developed within regional processes that in some cases are simultaneouslypursuing other dimensions of regional economic integration: monetary and financial cooperation inthe case of ASEAN + 3, and the establishment of a common market in the case of ASEAN. At leastthree of the...

trade arrangements and evolving east asian and asia pacific

abstract:the paper begins by noting that proposals involving significant developments in the regional tradearchitecture are being developed within regional processes that in some cases are simultaneouslypursuing other dimensions of regional economic integration: monetary and financial cooperation inthe case of asean + 3, and the establishment of a common market in the case of asean. at leastthr...

Making East Asian Regionalism Works1

For the past few years, regionalism has been progressing in East Asia with the likes of China, Japan, and Korea (CJK) as the most prominent actors. Unfortunately, with the absence of trade arrangement amongst the CJK, the present regional trade scheme is not sufficient to reach sustainability. This paper uncovers the inefficient scheme through Engle-Granger Cointegration and Error Correction Me...

Demographic Factors in East Asian Regional Integration

Making Sense of East Asian Self-enhancement

The question of whether self-enhancing motivations are present or exist in attenuated form in East Asia is important and has recently sparked much research interest, as is evident in the articles in this special issue. Some of the articles contributed to the notion that East Asian self-enhancement is elusive and others made the case that it is present, although various artifacts prevent us from...