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Evaluation of Regional Cooperation Frameworks in East Asia : Analysis of ASEAN Plus Three and East Asia Summit

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This paper tries to find out the relations between closed and open frameworks in East Asia by exploring whether the competition between the APT and the EAS is zero-sum or non-zero-sum. It examines the process of establishing the APT and the EAS and assessments on their roles. It also looks at issues with its relationship due to confusing roles, different preference for framework between China and Japan as well as the leadership competition between the United States and China. Lastly, it deals with the positive view on their coexistence. This paper concludes that the APT and the EAS are able to compatible and their coexistence is helpful for building East Asian community and East Asian regionalism has been enhanced by two approaches, closed regionalism and open regionalism instead distracted.

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