Carnegie Endowment Events

East Asia’s growing economic interdependence, spurred in part by China and Japan’s economic diplomacy, feeds great-power competition. Ironically, it could delay future efforts toward further regional economic integration. Takashi Terada discusses China and Japan’s competitive approaches to engaging Southeast Asian nations and wider regionalism in Asia, looking at security, trade, finance, and development. He also considers the implications of regional interdependence for the United States and the U.S.-Japan alliance. Ellen L.Frost comments and Carnegie’s James L. Schoff moderates.