Overview
Existing regional processes in the Asia Pacific for economic and political cooperation are increasingly under question. APEC and the ASEAN Regional Forum, once conceived of as embryos of the Asia Pacific regional architecture, are now viewed by some as losing their relevance.
Greater attention is now focused on East Asian regional arrangements, leading to the question of whether the basic, common understanding for how regional cooperation will proceed and whether it will remain transpacific in nature.
The objective of this project is assess the value and potential of current institutional arrangements for Asia Pacific cooperation and to propose reforms and new initiatives as may be needed.
Project Team
The project will have two levels of contributors, authors group and the reference group. The authors group will consist of the following individuals who have been selected for the breadth of their perspective beyond strictly national interests
- Ambassador Long Yongtu, Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia
- Professor Joseph Nye, Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- His Excellency Ernesto Zedillo, Professor and Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Former President of Mexico
- His Excellency Ali Alatas, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia
- Mr. Toyoo Gyohten, President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs, Former Vice-Minister of Finance, Japan
A reference group, led by project coordinator, Dr Hadi Soesastro will include PECC Chair, Dr Charles Morrison, Mr Jusuf Wanandi (INCPEC Chair), Dr Soogil Young (KOPEC Chair), Dr Manfred Wilhelmy (CHILPEC Chair) and Dr Alan Gyngell (Lowy Institute, Australia) as well as a few other commentators from the region.
Events
Regional Institutional Architecture Reference Group Meeting, 17-19 August 2007, Bali, Indonesia
Public Seminar on "Regional Institutional Architecture", 8 April 2006, Hanoi, Vietnam
