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<p>East Asia is one of the world's most dynamic and diverse regions and is also becoming an increasingly coherent region through the inter-play of various integrative economic, political and socio-cultural processes. Fully updated and revised throughout, this new edition explores the various ways in which East Asian regionalism continues to deepen.</p><p>The second edition has been expanded to incorporate coverage of significant issues that have emerged in recent years including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Growing tensions in the region over maritime territory and historical issues</li> <p> </p> <li>Competing regional free trade agreement negotiations</li> <p> </p> <li>The impact of the global financial crisis on financial co-operation and engagement with global governance</li> <p> </p> <li>Obama’s ‘pivot to Asia’ and developments in US relations with East Asia</li> <p> </p> <li>The influence of new technology and social media on micro-level regional relations</li> <p> </p> <li>The growing importance of ‘new diplomacy’ issues such as energy security, climate change, food security and international migration.</li> </ul><p>Key pedagogical features include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>end of chapter 'study questions'</li> <p> </p> <li>case studies that discuss topical issues with study questions also provided</li> <p> </p> <li>useful tables and figures which illustrate key regional trends in East Asia</li> <p> </p> <li>Extensive summary conclusions covering the chapter's main findings from different international political economy perspectives.</li> </ul><p>East Asian Regionalism is an essential text for courses on East Asian regionalism, Asian politics and Asian economics.</p>