'Asia, whose Asia?' evolving conceptions of an Asian community from the 1920s till today / David Camroux -- China's rise in Asia: regional cooperation and grand strategy / Thomas G. Moore -- Japan and the evolution of Asian regionalism: responsible for three normative transformations / Takashi Terada -- Bilateral trade agreements in Asia: wise or short-sighted policies? / Heribert Dieter -- Responses to regionalism: corporate strategy in east Asia / Andrew Staples -- The future of monetary regionalism in Asia: a joint currency or limited cooperation? / Heribert Dieter -- Trade and security in east Asia: political (non?) integration in an insecure region / Douglas Webber -- The (in)effectiveness of security regionalism: comparing ASEAN and the Pacific Islands Forum / Derek McDougall -- Regional peace through economic integration: the applicability of the European model in south Asia / Golam Robbani.
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Essays examine how the economic Asian crisis of 1997 and the continuing rise of China in the region have been the catalyst for integration and the evolution of regionalism in Asia. Analysis is continued on several levels: trade, finance, and security affairs as well as investigation of the trends of co-operation and integration, and the importance of the growing discipline of political science. All lead to a more complete understanding of the theory and practice of the integration processes in Asia.