Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta (Aug 2012)

ASEAN Role in Asia-Pacific Regional Architecture Building

  • S. M. Menshikova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2012-4-25-101-108
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 4(25)
pp. 101 – 108

Abstract

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The collapse of the bipolar system caused significant transformations in world’s political and strategic balance of powers, particularly had an impact on the Asia- Pacific nations and created “political vacuum” in the region. In Asia-Pacific crash of the bipolar confrontation stimulated internal processes. Mostly «vacuum» was filled by ASEANcentered new regional architecture.

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