Economic cooperation: Theoretical opportunities and practical constraints
In: The Pacific review, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 103-117
ISSN: 0951-2748
After considering the evolution of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation movement (APEC) to date, the paper explores the relationship between anarchy, realism and cooperation in international relations and what it might mean for the Asia-Pacific and discusses several questions about the issue of leadership and the manner in which the end of hegemony represents a constraint or an opportunity for future cooperation in this region. The paper concludes that there are no theoretical constraints to the continuing evolution of economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. (DÜI-Sen)