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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808583903321

Titolo

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : the first decade / / edited by Jurgen Ruland, Eva Manske and Werner Draguhn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-13058-6

0-203-03750-2

1-299-45827-0

1-136-13050-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

English-language series of the Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg

Altri autori (Persone)

RulandJurgen <1953->

ManskeEva

DraguhnWerner

Disciplina

337.15

Soggetti

Asian cooperation

Pacific Area cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; List of contributors and editors; Preface; 1  Appraising APEC: All Talk, No Walk?; 2  APEC: Its Place in International Relations; 3  APEC, ASEAN and EAEC - A Tale of Two Cultures of Cooperation; 4  APEC and Latin America: Completing the Pacific Rim Agenda; 5  Strategy Without Vision: The US and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; 6  APEC in Sino-American Relations: A Vehicle for Systemic Integration; 7  APEC, Australia and New Zealand: Pathways to Asia?

8  Japan's Role in APEC: Wavering Or Leading From Behind?9  APEC and the Asian Crisis: Rebuilding the Asian Economies, But How?; 10  Future Trends of APEC

Sommario/riassunto

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was founded in 1989. Since then the forum has developed into a major player in tri-partite relations between North America, East Asia and Europe. The Seattle and Bogor Summits were landmark events suggesting to many observers a gravitational shift in the world economy and world politics. Yet the



Asian financial crisis had a sobering effect on high-flying expectations as APEC contributed little to crisis management. In the light of such contradictory performance, distinguished scholars here examine APEC's achievements and failures, its role and funct