| ID | 131391 |
| Title Proper | East Asia and international relations theory |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kohno, Masaru |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | East Asia now occupies a prominent place in the study of international relations (IR). This, of course, does not mean that IR scholarship in the past failed to pay due attention to East Asia. Wars, trade, and international integration in this region have been the subject of analysis in countless books and scholarly articles. However, the renewed interest in this region is not so much empirically driven (to increase East Asian coverage in the literature) as before but rather represents a theoretical inquiry pertinent to the intellectual underpinning of the scholarship itself. Today, some experts of the region harshly criticize the 'euro-centric' bias of existing IR study and seek to provide alternative conceptions based on the East Asian experience.1 In response, other scholars have advanced views less provocative but more nuanced about the originality of East Asia. And, there are still others who flatly reject the connotation that the logic of East Asian international relations is inherently different from that elsewhere. Thus, a diverse set of perspectives has been laid out on the table, but their strengths and shortcomings are yet to be evaluated systematically. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol.14, No.1; 2014: p.179-190 |
| Journal Source | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol.14, No.1; 2014: p.179-190 |
| Key Words | East Asia ; International Relations - IR ; War ; International Trade ; Economic Cooperation ; Economic Strategy ; International Integration ; Empirical Claims ; Regional Politics ; Regional Interest |