GILSON Julie <br/><br/>
Strategic regionalism in East Asia / 
Julie Gilson 
 -  2007 
<br/><br/> The United States, China and Japan are often portrayed as dominating East Asia and being in a condition of perpetual potential conflict. This paper suggests that this is not necessarily the case; instead East Asia now has increased significance as a region per se in the foreign policy agendas of the three powers and enabling a form of regional joint leadership. ASEAN, it is said, has important roles in acting as a balancer of trilateral activity,  through its interconnectedness, and in providing a basis of normative values. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>EAST ASIA--REGIONAL STABILITY<br/>EAST ASIA--REGIONAL SECURITY