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Research On Orientating The Role Of ASEAN In Regional Cooperation In East Asia

Posted on:2008-07-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y P DingFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360242978977Subject:International relations
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Regional cooperation in East Asia has made great progress after the Financial Crisis, in which a series of cooperation regimes had been established such as ARF,10 plus 3 and 10 plus 1 and so on. China and ASEAN Free Trade Area has made the periodical progress, as well as Japan and ASEAN Free Trade Area and South Korea-ASEAN Free Trade Area. Integrative of the countries of East Asia has been pushed ahead in the political,economical and secure fields. So people wonder that why ASEAN can become more the engine of East Asia regional cooperation than the big states including Japan and China,Contrast to its little proportion to the total economic amounts.Scholars including outside and inside circles dispute it very much. People have great differences against the role of ASEAN in East Asia regional cooperation. Someone holds the opinion that ASEAN is only a weak part one, don't mention the leading role; Someone else expresses that though ASEAN playing the leading role, the status will not continue for a long time and the role will quickly disappear. The question of role of ASEAN refers to the policy of china toward East Asia and how china orientating her status as well as the role of ASEAN. From this,we can know that research the role of ASEAN in East Asia regional cooperation will have both the theoretical and realistic meanings.This paper clearly holds the opinions as follows:ASEAN adopts a flexible"balancing-great countries"strategy facing the East Asia regional strategic structure;both Japan and China take the basic attitude toward the"identity definition"of ASEAN; the cooperative mechanism led by ASEAN facilitates ASEAN with the institutional safeguard;The leading role of ASEAN in regional economic cooperation in East Asia accords with the realistic circumstances. So the role of ASEAN will show great strong vitality, and the peculiar model will continue in the foreseeable future.This paper covers five parts:Introduction,main bodies and conclusions. Introduction presents what and why to be researched,the relevant research literature on this issue and the framework of the paper. Chapter one looks back the history of development and the status quo of ASEAN. Chapter two demonstrates the role of ASEAN in East Asia regional cooperation and analyze the role in political,economic and safety fields of ASEAN and make the conclusion that ASEAN playing the leading role in this process. Chapter three reveals in detail why ASEAN can play the leading role,peaceful identity of ASEAN and East Asia cooperation regime are both important matters. Chapter four make the evaluation and the forecast of the role of ASEAN.Finally,basing the above-mentioned analysis, this paper puts forward that the leading role of ASEAN in regional economic cooperation in East Asia accords with the realistic circumstances. So the role of ASEAN will show great strong vitality, and the peculiar model will continue in the foreseeable future.
Keywords/Search Tags:ASEAN, regional economic cooperation in East Asia, leading role
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