Contested multilateralism 2.0 and regional order transition: causes and implications

• Published in: Pacific review Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 210 - 220
• Main Author: He, Kai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 04.03.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: AIIB; APC; EAC; Economic crisis; Institution building; institutional balancing; Interdependence; International finance; Multilateralism; Multilateralism 2.0; NAPCI; One Belt One Road (OBOR); regional order transformation; Regional security; TPP; Transformation; Uncertainty; Asia

This article proposes a new concept of 'contested multilateralism 2.0' to describe the puzzling institutional building efforts by non-ASEAN members after the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) in the Asia-Pacific. It suggests that different to 'multilateralism 1.0' of the 1990s,...