APEC and its enemies: the failure of the new regionalism in the Asia-Pacific

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This article examines Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)'s role in the promotion of free trade in the Asia-Pacific, focusing on the key role of Japan and Australia in establishing APEC, and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed's opposition to it. The author examines the lack of successful regional challenges to US hegemony in the Asia-Pacific, the influence of the East Asian economic crisis on preventing opposition to the US, the increasing influence of the International Monetary Fund since the crisis, the inability of Asian leaders and APEC members to deal with the crisis in a unified fashion and the obstacles which may exist to any effort at pan-Asian challenges to neo-liberalism.

Asia, Pacific States, United States, Analysis, Management, International Monetary Fund, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, International relations, Mahathir Mohamad, International economic relations, United States foreign relations, Pacific States (United States), International organization, Free trade, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

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The nation-state and the challenge of global capitalism

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This article examines development and modernity patterns since the end of the Cold War. The author argues that globalization, since the 1970s, has been creating an economic and political system which challenges the structure of the nation-state and the notion that the nation-state works in the best interest of most citizens.

Models, Political aspects, Economic development, National state, Nation state (Political science)

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The post-cold war predicament: a conclusion

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This article discusses the rise of globalization and economic neoliberalism at the end of the cold war throughout the world. The author argues many third world nations are reacting against globalization and economic restructuring, resulting in either the dramatic reorientation or fragmentation of the nation-states.

Economic aspects, Economic policy, Influence, Developing countries, Liberalism

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