The Contemporary World

Asian
Regionalism
Group 4 Report Presentation
 Group 4 Members

JAYME, ALYSSA
ALONZO, EDGAR
ANSA, AISAMIE
KALIM, MAISERIN
SAMBIAL, NORBAISA
SINGAYAN, JAHILLIEN

MIDWIFERY 1-C
What is Asia?
• Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern
and Northern Hemispheres.

• It is believed that the name may be derived from the Assyrian word asu, meaning
“east.”
• The Policy Institute divides its work into five subregions – East Asia, Southeast
Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia. There are 48 countries all in all.
 What is Regionalism?
• The principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative
regions.
• Regionalism refers to formal economic cooperation and economic arrangements of
a group of countries aimed at facilitating or enhancing regional integration.

• It seeks to achieve legitimacy for definitions of boundaries and to obtain approval

for this definition in cultural and political, and popular and official understandings.
 Asian Regionalism

• Regionalism may be defined as the construction and

utilization of multilateral intergovernmental institutions to
share information; to develop, endorse, and enforce
common rules and regulations; and to settle disputes.
Membership is normally based on shared geographic
space.
 Asian Regionalism

• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a

regional grouping that promotes economic, political, and
security cooperation among its ten members: Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
 We define Regionalism as “the impact of
rising levels of regional social and economic
What are the differences exchange and the links between economic

between Regionalism and integration, institutions and identity”

Globalization?

and Globalisation as “the internationalization

of production, capital flows and markets, the
emergence of transnational and supranational
agencies and the internationalization of
culture”
 The more important characteristic of this
relationship is that Regionalism represents a
What are the differences stepping-stone on the way to Globalisation;
that it offers what one might call a 'safer'
between Regionalism and
version of Globalisation – providing the
Globalization? benefits of inter-state trade and exchange while
at the same time offering more protection than
those states would experience in the global
market
Factors leading to a Greater Integration
1. MUTUAL BENEFIT
2. TRADE
3. SIMILAR CULTURE
4. COMMON GOALS
5. SIMILAR SECURITY
NEEDS
6. TRADE AGREEMENTS
Challenges brought by regionalism in Asia
• TRADE
• FINANCIAL FLOWS

• REGIONAL COOPERATION

Challenges brought by globalization in Asia

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• ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

• FOOD & WATER SECURITY
• MIGRATION
• ORGANIZED CRIME AND THREATS FROM OTHER "NON-
STATE" ACTORS
How do different Asian states confront the challenges of
globalization and regionalization?
That's all for today. Thank you for listening.