Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order

Relationships and alignments among the nations of the world’s most populous and productive region, the Asia Pacific, are in flux. Current global political, economic and security uncertainty, heightened by 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror, has fuelled a reassessment by many Asia Pacific nations about the structure and form of future economic and political cooperation and development. Featuring contributions from some of the most eminent and influential economists and political scientists in the Asia Pacific region, this book explores the forces reshaping the Asia Pacific economic order, and where these changes may lead. Focusing on the origins of the shift towards policy driven integration, the book examines what new structures may eventually emerge on both sides of the Pacific, the ways in which this shift will affect the progress of economic integration and how cross-Pacific relations will therefore be affected.

1. Peter Drysdale and PAFTAD 2. Overview 3. The International Trade Order: Cooperation for Economic Development 4. Truncated Globalisation: The Fate of the Asia Pacific Economies? 5. Asia Pacific Economies and the Doha Development Agenda 6. APEC in the Emerging International Economic Order: Lame Duck or Catalyst? 7. Rise of East Asian Regionalism 8. The Free Trade Area of the Americas: How Deep an Integration in the Western Hemisphere? 9. East Asian Regionalism – Undermining or Underpinning Asia Pacific Integration? 10. The Rise of Services Trade: Regional Initiatives and Challenges for the WTO11. The Movement of People in the Asia Pacific Region 12. Asia Pacific Regional Architecture and Financial Market Integration 13. Politico-Strategic Dimensions of Economic Cooperation in the Asia Pacific

Christopher Findlay is Professor of Economics in the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University, following a period as Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide. Professor Findlay major research interests are regional economic cooperation and trade and investment in services. Hadi Soesastro is Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta and Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University. He was a member of the National Economic Council, an advisory council of President Abdurrahman Wahid, from December 1999 to September 2000, and his principal research interests are international trade, regional cooperation and international political economy.