 Western Europe and South-East Asia: Partners in a Pacific Age?Giuseppe Schiavone Chapter 1 in Western Europe and South-East Asia, 1997, pp 1-19 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract 1. It has been a fashionable view among observers of international affairs during the past two decades that the rich resource endowments, impressive economic growth and development ambitions of Asian-Pacific countries would bring about a radical transformation in the global balance of power with the establishment of the Pacific region as the focal point of the world economy. Visions of a ‘Pacific age’ or ‘Pacific century’ have been variously articulated by scholars and experts as well as by political and business leaders.1 Further-more, several attempts have been made to translate the somewhat vague aspiration to a ‘Pacific Community’ into a blueprint for collective and pragmatic action. In fact, the growing recognition of a substantial interest in developing regional Cooperation has originated a number of proposals intended to build a stronger relationship among Asian-Pacific countries and eventually to set up a framework for permanent inter-governmental Cooperation in economic, political and security matters.2 Keywords: Pacific Basin; Eastern Economic Review; Pacific Community; Multilateral Trade Talk; Southeast Asian Study (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-10262-4_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10262-4_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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