ASIA AFTER THE COLD WAR

	NEO-LIBERALISM	NEO-REALISM
NATION-STATE SOVEREIGNTY	WEAKENED BY TRANSNATL FORCES	STATE STILL KEY TO POLITICAL, ECON. DEVELOPMENTS
WORLD ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE	GLOBALIZATION PROMOTES COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION (GEOECONOMICS)	REGIONALISM & REGIONALIZATION CAN CREATE CONFLICT (GEOPOLITICS)
NATIONALISM	BEING ERODED BY LOYALTIES AND INSTITUTIONS ABOVE & BELOW NATION-STATE	STILL CRITICAL FORCE; “ASIAN” VS. “WESTERN” VALUES A KEY ISSUE
SECURITY	INTERNAL PROBLEMS ARE KEY; NEW FORMS OF POWER (“COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY”)	EXTERNAL PROBLEMS ARE KEY; MILITARY POWER STILL CENTRAL TO REGIONAL STABILITY; U.S. ROLE AS BALANCING POWER
MULTIPOLARITY (GLOBAL STRUCTURE)	DIFFUSION OF POWER: 3-4-5 CENTERS CREATE INCENTIVES FOR COOPERATION	LEADERSHIP STILL ESSENTIAL (AND U.S. CAN LEAD); BILATERALISM
ORGANIZING	“ASIAN WAY”: COOPERATION THROUGH DIALOGUE	SECURITY STRUCTURES (WESTERN WAY); HISTORIC RIVALRIES, RISING POWERS, AND ABSENCE OF REGIONAL HEGEMON DANGEROUS
POLITICAL STABILITY	CIVIL SOCIETIES GROWING, PROMOTED BY INCREASING COMMERCIAL TIES	ROGUE STATES, TERRORISM, ARMS RACES THREATEN REGIONAL ORDER