The Future Of Asian Regionalism: Not what it used to be?

Beeson, M; Lee-Brown, T

The Future Of Asian Regionalism: Not what it used to be?

Beeson, M

Lee-Brown, T

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Publisher:: WILEY
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2017, 4, (2), pp. 195-206
Issue Date:: 2017-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Beeson, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8659-262X
dc.contributor.author	Lee-Brown, T
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-04T21:17:38Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-04T21:17:38Z
dc.date.issued	2017-05-01
dc.identifier.citation	Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2017, 4, (2), pp. 195-206
dc.identifier.issn	2050-2680
dc.identifier.issn	2050-2680
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162307
dc.description.abstract	The largely unexpected election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has overturned many assumptions and expectations about the future of Australia's regional relationships. Even before Trump's election, however, the history of regional evolution in East Asia presented a number of striking paradoxes and raised important questions about the forces that encourage or obstruct integration and cooperation at the regional level. For a region that has frequently been associated with comparatively limited cross-border political institutionalization and development, East Asia has recently been the centre of a large number of initiatives and proposals that are intended to give expression to particular visions of the region. We argue that the outcome of such regional processes is profoundly influenced by both geo-economic and geopolitical forces. We illustrate this claim by looking at the history of institutional development in the 'Asia-Pacific', before considering the attempt to create a new 'Indo-Pacific region', which, we suggest, has more to do with contemporary geopolitical concerns rather than any underlying 'natural' coherence. The Australian policy-making community needs to think carefully about the implications of the Trump presidency for such initiatives.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/app5.168
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1605 Policy and Administration, 1606 Political Science, 1801 Law
dc.title	The Future Of Asian Regionalism: Not what it used to be?
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
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dc.date.updated	2022-10-04T21:17:37Z
pubs.issue	2
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utslib.citation.issue	2

Abstract:

The largely unexpected election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has overturned many assumptions and expectations about the future of Australia's regional relationships. Even before Trump's election, however, the history of regional evolution in East Asia presented a number of striking paradoxes and raised important questions about the forces that encourage or obstruct integration and cooperation at the regional level. For a region that has frequently been associated with comparatively limited cross-border political institutionalization and development, East Asia has recently been the centre of a large number of initiatives and proposals that are intended to give expression to particular visions of the region. We argue that the outcome of such regional processes is profoundly influenced by both geo-economic and geopolitical forces. We illustrate this claim by looking at the history of institutional development in the 'Asia-Pacific', before considering the attempt to create a new 'Indo-Pacific region', which, we suggest, has more to do with contemporary geopolitical concerns rather than any underlying 'natural' coherence. The Australian policy-making community needs to think carefully about the implications of the Trump presidency for such initiatives.

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