The article that follows, by Paul Bowles, was originally published in Pacific Affairs, Volume 70, No. 2, Summer 1997. The article has attracted significant attention, both at the time it was published, and more recently. We are re-printing it here, with commentaries by three scholars and a response by Bowles himself, in view of the continuing relevance of the arguments that the article develops, and of the way in which it leads to reflection about the changes that have taken place in Asia over the last quarter century. We consider that such engagement and reconsideration of substantive work from previous decades can make a valuable contribution, as is the case here, to understanding both contemporary history and the ways in which social scientists have thought about it.
ASEAN, AFTA and the “New Regionalism”
Paul Bowles
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
Keywords: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN free trade area, trade blocs, new regionalism
DOI: 10.5509/2019923499
Originally published in Pacific Affairs, Volume 70, No. 2, Summer 1997 – Full text
Responses
Asian Regionalism: Not so New, Not so Effective?
Mark Beeson
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Keywords: East Asia, regionalism, multilateral institutions, ASEAN, rise of China
DOI: 10.5509/2019923515
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ASEAN and AFTA: Slow but Steady Progress through Managed Evolution
Richard Stubbs
(Emeritus) McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Keywords: ASEAN, AFTA, ASEAN plus three, competing coalitions, framework agreements
DOI: 10.5509/2019923525
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From Trade to Investment: ASEAN and AFTA in the Era of the ‘New Regionalism’
Jürgen Rüland
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Keywords: ASEAN, AFTA, trade, foreign direct investment, new regionalism, open regionalism, multiple regionalism
DOI: 10/5509/2019923533
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Southeast Asian Regionalism and Global Capitalism Revisited
Paul Bowles
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
Keywords: ASEAN, global capitalism, free trade agreements (FTAs)
DOI: 10.5509/2019923541