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The United States' involvement in the market-driven regional economic integration began with the promotion of trade interdependence between East Asian economies after World War II as a way to counterbalance Communist expansion. Its incorporation of China into the regional economy since the end of the 1970s has indirectly created a potential competitor for itself. The United States' active promotion of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement shows America's anxiety about its declining influence in the region.

Der Autor resümiert den Diskussionsverlauf eines Symposiums (Makaha, Hawaii, 28.11.-1.12.1980), über die Möglichkeiten einer Stärkung der ökonomischen Kooperation in der asiatisch-pazifischen Region durch Schaffung einer Pazifischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft. In diesem Zusammenhang wurden von den Konferenzteilnehmern die seinerzeitige politische und ökonomische Situation, die Sicherheitslage und die Rolle der USA und Japans in dieser Region diskutiert, die Konzeption der Pazifischen Gemeinschaft erörtert und zukünftige Entwicklungstrends prognostiziert. (BIOst-Klk)

This volume examines the dichotomy between the two faces of South Asia - one poverty stricken and lagging in development, the other highly urbanized and growing rapidly - and tries to find a workable solution to bridge this gap. It looks at the many policy and institutional constraints that contribute to this dichotomy, especially regional conflict that has made South Asia one of the least integrated regions of the world

Allen, Kenneth W.: China's foreign military relations with Asia-Pacific. Zhao Quansheng: China and major power relations in East Asia. Ho Khai Leong: Rituals, risks and rivalries. China and ASEAN in the coming decades. Lin Wuu-long ; Lin Pansy: Emergence of the Greater China circle economies. Cooperation versus competition