Accession Number:

AD0832900

Title:

ASIAN REGIONALISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR US EAST ASIAN POLICY. VOLUME II. BASIC TEXT,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RESEARCH ANALYSIS CORP MCLEAN VA

Personal Author(s):

• Gordon,Bernard K.

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

94.0

Abstract:

A study is made of the relation between the objectives of the US in East Asia and the contemporary development there of regional cooperation. The study examines the concept of US national interest as distinguished from objectives and policies, and develops a three-level model of American national interest. The study finds that throughout this century the US has always sought, as its vital or LEVEL ONE INTEREST, to prevent any one nation from achieving general dominance or hegemony in East Asia. When possible, and to achieve that interest, the US has aimed for a condition of structural multipolarity in East Asia, and whereas since 1937 the East Asian system has been one of bipolarity, the study finds that since 1965 the US has been seeking renewal of a multipolar structure. Asian regionalism, in Southeast Asia especially, can contribute to the US objective of multipolarity, and the study examines in detail such Southeast Asian efforts as ASA and ASEAN and concludes with recommendations for US postures toward regional cooperation in Southeast Asia. Author

Descriptors:

• *SOUTHEAST ASIA
• FOREIGN POLICY
• UNITED STATES
• CHINA
• JAPAN
• UNITED KINGDOM
• WESTERN EUROPE
• THAILAND
• MALAYA
• PHILIPPINES
• SINGAPORE
• FAR EAST
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• COMMERCE
• ECONOMICS
• TREATIES
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE