ACTIVITY:

PICTOWORD

Identify the Country by their Flag then identify

which region are they located.
BRUNEI PHILIPPINE
DARUSSALAM S
SOUTH EAST
ASIA
THAILAND INDONESIA
SAUDI IRAQ
ARABIA
MIDDLE
YEME EAST SYRIA
N
 TAIWAN MALAYSI
A
ASIA-
PACIFIC
PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEW ZEALAND
 ASIAN REGIONALISM
THE RISE OF ASIA
 LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Determine the significance of regionalism

• Identify the factors influencing regionalism in Asia
 REGIONALISM

• Regionalization is a political and economic tool for

cooperation and integration.
• Regions are officially and formally recognized as economic
alliances with the goal of economic integration, or creating
a cluster of countries whose economies are co-dependent.
 REGIONALISM

• Marginalized economies that had been excluded from the

world market, were increasingly seeing renewed
opportunities in the collaboration with neighboring
countries.
• Non-state actors also entered and left the global
governance.
 REGIONALISM

• According to Hettne as cited by Akkerman (2007), New

Regionalism is a process of construction and
deconstruction by different players and changes according
to the global processes firms are established in particular
region that can be collectively react to global pressures,
tensions, and challenges.
 HETTNE’S FACES OF REGIONALISM

OLD REGIONALISM NEW REGIONALISM

Bipolar such that it was produced in a schism Multipolar as it open multilateral engagement
between opposing political alliances and collaborations among countries

Imposed by the superpowers Spontaneous and sought voluntarily by

constituents
Secures economic security within alliances Open in as much as it is multipolar

Specific to economic and political objectives Comprehensive and multidimensional

Focused only on nation-states Involves non-state actors

 HETTNE’S 5 CONCEPTS OF
REGIONNESS

• Region as a Geographical Unit

• A region constructed based on its geographical location.
• Region as a Social System
• A region constructed as a conglomerate and possesses unique
dynamics of interactions.
• Region as Organized Cooperation
• A region constructed as a group of nations who take part and form
a formal organization.
 HETTNE’S 5 CONCEPTS OF
REGIONNESS

• Region as Civil Society

• A region constructed as a network of cultural and social linkages.
• Region as an Acting Subject
• A region constructed as a group of nations concerned about peace,
welfare, and prosperity of its people.
 THE RISE OF ASIA

• Asia has benefited enormously from globalization, it also

encapsulates many of the world’s problems.
• Asia is bucking the global trend for trade fragmentation,
becoming instead ever more economically integrated via
trade, investment and tourism.
• Asia is at the heart of the action for multilateral trade
liberalization.
 ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

• Some of the world's most economically developed states

are included in this region such as Japan, South Korea,
Singapore, and Taiwan
• On the contrary, it includes the highly improvised
countries and the largest and most populous states in
globe and some of the world’s smallest.
 ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST
ASIAN NATIONS

• Cooperation of Southeast Asian Countries in terms of

economic, social, cultural, technical, educational, and other
fields.
• Promotion of regional peace and stability through abiding
respect for justice and the rule of law and adherence to the
principles of the UN Charter.
 ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST
ASIAN NATIONS

• Representation of the collective will of the Southeast Asia to

bind themselves together in friendship and cooperation, and
through joint efforts and sacrifices, secure for their people
and for the posterity of peace, freedom and prosperity.
 WHY GLOBAL POWERS ARE FOCUSED ON
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION?

• It emerged over the past decade as a new political force in the world.
• The robust economic growth in China, India and the ASEAN.
• The region has economic and strategic relevance in today's global
system.
• US implemented foreign policy “pacific pivot” committing more
resources and attention.
 EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE
REGION
• Globalization can be understood as a process that transform the Asia-Pacific
region.
Good effect
• bringing economic development, political progress, and social and cultural
diversity to the region.
• Forms a region as a source of resistance to Western Powers.
Bad Effect
• economic underdevelopment and the uprooting of the local tradition and culture.
 EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE
REGION
• Globalization is leading the cultural homogenization and/or destruction of cultural
diversity.
• The region is the source of a wide variety of cultural phenomena such as:
• Anime
• Pokemon, Mario Brothers, Astroboy, Power Rangers
• Kawaii Culture
• Martial Arts
• K-Pop World Craze
 EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE
REGION
• The region is generative of many aspects of the globalization process that is seen
in historically and from the economy to political structures of culture.
 WHAT IS/ARE THE CURRENT
SITUATION OF THE ASEAN
COUNTRIES DURING THE PREVIOUS
PANDEMIC?
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