The Complexity of the International Institution and East Asian Integration
Author: Wang MingguoSilver Editor Source: Contemporary Asia Pacific StudiesTime :2014-04-08 15:19:00
Abstract:The complexity of the international institution is an issue at the forefront in the international institution theories. The creation and expansion of the East Asian regional institution has created increasingly prevalent problems in a range of areas related to overlapping jurisdiction and membership and parallel institutions. China is presently becoming enmeshed in the increasingly overlapping web of multi-lateral institutions. While this is the case, institutional complexity is not necessarily a barrier to integration in East Asia. Case analysis of three different elements of complex institutions in East Asia, including parallel institutions, nested institutions and overlapping institutions illustrates that by strengthening the architecture of the international institution, by causing a convergence of interests among member states and by raising the costs of “institutional choice” or “institutional shift”,complex institutions are actually bringing new life to regional cooperation in East Asia and offer new and viable options.As such, to promote East Asian regional cooperation, we need to research both continuity and change in China’s diplomatic policy towards international organizations,and give significant attention to how the United States and other Western countries utilize the increase and expansion of institutions to strengthen their interests and negatively impact regional structures and China’s peaceful rise.
