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The Reign of the Pacific, by René Vermont
The shift of the world economic and technological center of gravity towards the Eastern Pacific is being more and more frequently noted. In addition to economists analysing the increasing interdependence of its bordering States (Japan, United States, Australia, Canada) the NICs (newly industrialized countries: South Korea, Taïwan, Hong-Kong, Singapore) and the developing countries (Indonesia, Malaysia), some pioneers have imagined flexible structures for organising this area. Since obviously the model of the European Economic Community will not be used, suggestions have been put forward which take account of the specific characteristics of this immense area where the heterogeneity of the cultures and the age differences of the economies constitute obstacles to the fullfilment of Theodore Roosevelt's prediction in 1901: "The next century will be the century of the Pacific". The potential and the dynamism of this area are analysed here and the Japanese, American and Australian organisational projects described. The presence of four world powers (United States, Japan, China, USSR) in the Pacific give every organisational attempt a geopolitical dimension.