the respective roles of China, Japan, and Korea, nor the unresolved disputes about Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the islands in … the South China Sea. This edited volume addresses the role of power in regional integration in three contexts: (1) the … role of hegemonic external actors (the US and China) in regional integration; (2) the role of core states within regions …

of competitors such as China and Central Europe and the introduction of the euro for example--all have distinct impacts …