ASEAN Plus Three: Towards a new age of pan-East Asian regionalism? A skeptic's appraisal

Pacific Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-417

  Hund, Markus ^a  

^a FB III/Politikwissenschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASEAN; ASEAN Plus Three (APT); Asia Pacific; Eas Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC); East Asia; Political and economic integration; Regionalism

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONALISM;

ASIA;

EID: 0042629482     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951274032000085644     Document Type: Article

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