Two Funerals and a Wedding? The Ups and Downs of Regionalism in East Asia and Asia Pacific after the Asian Crisis
Abstract
Are the principal regional organizations in the East Asian and Asia Pacific regions moribund or verging on it? Any casual observer of the international relations of the two - overlapping - regions could be forgiven nowadays for so thinking. The majority of current commentaries on and analyses of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) seem to agree that both organizations are afflicted by a serious malaise. Even the organizations’ champions are, for the most part, defensive in their analyses of the organizations’ recent accomplishments and current health.
Fields of Study & Subjects
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Socioeconomic Development in Asia
Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Comparative Regional Integration
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Pages
- 125–157
- Publication date
- 6 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter