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17 Cards in this Set
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East Asia
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Japan, Koreas, China, Taiwan, Mongolia
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Southeast Asia
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Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
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ASEAN
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Association for Southeast Asian Nations.
Formed in 1967 as anti-communist coalition protecting Vietnam in war. It seeped into Cambodia and Laos. Now it's about free trade, and development. |
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Asia Pacific / Pacific Basin / Pacific Rim (1990s)
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Artificial construct comprised of six regions.
North America, Latin America, fringe East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan), China/Russia, Southeast Asia (ASEAN), Island Pacific (New Zealand, Australia) |
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Asia Pivot
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Signifies Asia's growth in importance economically.
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Problems with Diversity in Asia Pacific
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No development of regional identity like EU or NAFTA.
Multiple barriers to effective regional institutions (economic and security) |
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ARF
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ASEAN forum
Formed in 1994 to promote dialogue to create trust among nations. Only makes unenforceable promises. |
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Areas of increasing military cooperation
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ARF
Joint military exercises Due to fall of USSR, rise of China, rise of terrorism, NK threat, weapon proliferation |
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Areas of increasing economic cooperation
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Countries increasing in trade despite differences.
Examples: Taiwan/PRC, SK/NK, Japan/former colonies (China) Since 1980s trade in region is more than other regions, so possible key to peace? |
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Power
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Ability to control/influence/exert will on others for own interest.
Ex: Japan has no hard power but lots of soft power |
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Balance of Power
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Power distributed so no threat of imminent war, with goal of peaceful co-existence.
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Bipolarity vs. Multi
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More peaceful, safe, balanced than multipolarity.
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Hegemony
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No balance of power needed because one group has it all.
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Sovereignty
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State has ultimate power over itself. "Buck stops here"
Control over economy, military, etc. Europeans intent on cooperative institution-building, but Asia having none of that. |
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Sources of Diversity
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Not a geographical "unit" like NAFTA because countries separated by thousands of miles of territories and oceans.
Vast differences in language/land/size/resources/population/climate/resources Different colonial experiences Different Religions Political differences Different stages of economic development |
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Different colonial experiences
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China - open door policy, remembers imperialism badly
Indonesia - Dutch Philippines - Spain then US Indochina - French Hong Kong, Singapore, Burma, Brunei - Britain Thais and Japs not colonized, but JP colonized much of north Asia and Korea and that's why China doesn't like them. |
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Different Religions
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Not even monotheism in common like others
Confucianism - Taiwan, SK, China, big influence on socia |
