GO 357 The Political Economy of Regionalism

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GO 357The Political Economy of Regionalism

• Walter Hatch
• Colby College
• An Asian Difference?

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WHY SO LITTLEHARD REGIONALISM?
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Possible Explanations

• Divergent levels of development
• Divergent Polities
• Divergent Cultures
• Nationalism
• Legacy of colonialism
• Security externalities of integration
• History hangover
• Japanese imperialism
• US role
• Hub-and-spokes relationship
• Networks

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Diverse Development
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Asias Per Capita Income (2005)
Note US Source World Bank, World Development
Indicators, 2007
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Divergent Polities

• Liberal States
• Japan, ROK, Taiwan
• Authoritarian States
• China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, Burma,
  Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
• Transitional States
• Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

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Divergent Cultures

• Buddhist/Confucian
• Japan, ROK, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore
• Buddhist
• Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma
• Islamic
• Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei
• Christian
• Philippines

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Nationalism

• Relatively young states
• Brunei in 1984
• Vietnam unified in 1975
• Singapore created in 1965
• Former colonies
• Indonesia (Dutch)
• Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (France)
• Philippines (US)
• Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Brunei (UK)
• Korea, Taiwan (Japan)
• China (Portugal, Holland, UK, France, Germany,
  Japan)

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Security Externalities (1)
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Security Externalities (2)
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Security Externalities (3)
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Security Externalities (4)
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Security Externalities (5)
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History Hangover (China-Japan)
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History Hangover (Korea-Japan)
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How to say, Im sorry
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U.S. Bilateralism

• No Marshall Plan for Asia
• Instead, US bilateralism
• U.S.-Japan Security Alliance (1953)
• And bilateral ties with ROK, Thailand, the
  Philippines, Indonesia
• One exception SEATO

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No Need

• Informal networks ??
• Japanese MNCs
• The Chinese diaspora
• Not formal treaties