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Institutions of the Asia-Pacific The Asia-Pacific is arguably the most important, but also the most complex and contested, region on the planet. Containing three of the world’s largest economies and some of its most important strategic relationships, the capacity of regional elites to promote continuing eco- nomic development while simultaneously maintaining peace and stabi- lity will be one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century international order. Intuitively, we might expect regional institutions to play a major role in achieving this. Yet one of the most widely noted characteristics of the Asia-Pacific region has been its relatively modest levels of institu- tional development thus far. However, things are changing: as indivi- dual economies in the Asia-Pacific become more deeply integrated, there is a growing interest in developing and adding to the institutions that already exist. Institutions of the Asia-Pacific examines how this region is developing and what role established organizations like APEC and new bodies like ASEAN Plus Three are playing in this process. An expert in the field, Mark Beeson introduces the contested nature of the very region itself— should it be the “Asia-Pacific” or “East Asia” to which we pay most attention and in which we expect to see most institutional development? By placing these developments in historical context, he reveals why the very definition of the region remains unsettled and why the political, economic, and strategic relations of this remarkably diverse region remain fraught and difficult to manage. Mark Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham. His most recent books are Securing Southeast Asia: The Politics of Security Sector Reform (with Alex Bellamy), and Regionalism, Globalization and East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development. Routledge Global Institutions Edited by Thomas G. Weiss The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA and Rorden Wilkinson University of Manchester, UK About the Series The Global Institutions Series is designed to provide readers with comprehensive, accessible, and informative guides to the history, structure, and activities of key international organizations. Every volume stands on its own as a thorough and insightful treatment of a particular topic, but the series as a whole contributes to a coherent and complementary portrait of the phenomenon of global institu- tions at the dawn of the millennium. Books are written by recognized experts, conform to a similar structure, and cover a range of themes and debates common to the series. These areas of shared concern include the general purpose and rationale for organizations, developments over time, membership, structure, decision-making procedures, and key functions. Moreover, current debates are placed in historical perspec- tive alongside informed analysis and critique. Each book also contains an annotated bibliography and guide to electronic information as well as any annexes appropriate to the subject matter at hand. The volumes currently published or under contract include: The United Nations and Human The UN General Assembly (2005) Rights (2005) by M.J. Peterson (University of A guide for a new era Massachusetts, Amherst) by Julie Mertus (American University) Internal Displacement (2006) Conceptualization and its The UN Secretary General and consequences Secretariat (2005) by Thomas G. Weiss (The CUNY by Leon Gordenker (Princeton Graduate Center) and University) David A. Korn United Nations Global Conferences Global Environmental Institutions (2005) (2006) by Michael G. Schechter (Michigan by Elizabeth R. 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College of Criminal Justice, by Sakiko Fukada-Parr (The New CUNY) School) For further information regarding the series, please contact: Craig Fowlie, Publisher, Politics & International Studies Taylor & Francis 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon Oxford OX14 4RN, UK +44 (0)207 842 2057 Tel +44 (0)207 842 2302 Fax [email protected] www.routledge.com Institutions of the Asia-Pacific ASEAN, APEC, and beyond Mark Beeson First published 2009 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2009 Mark Beeson All rights reserved. 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