The internationalization of the region: The case of northeast Asian international relations

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1469-9044|12|2|107-125

ISSN: 0260-2105

Source: Review of International Studies, Vol.12, Iss.2, 1986-04, pp. : 107-125

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Abstract

The literature on the role of regions in international relations is extensive. A ‘region’ is variably defined in terms of proximity or separateness, homogeneity, interdependence? common political orientations, institutional membership, transaction flows, or other ad hoc issues. Regions are thought to be important to the study of international relations because it is somehow assumed that regions lead to regionalism, i.e. the idea that the region has its own characteristics and logic of interaction and thus should be differentiated from outside.