The United States, Japan, and the power to block: The APEC and AMF cases

Pacific Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 373-410

  Rapkin, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

AMF; APEC; Blocking power; Leadership

Indexed keywords

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; POST-COLD WAR;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035194933     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740110064820     Document Type: Article

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