表題番号:2018B-310 日付:2019/11/09
研究課題Regionalism without East Asia: Examining the Regional Dynamics of the TPP and AIIB
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 国際学術院 国際教養学部 准教授 舒 旻
研究成果概要

My research seeks to understand how regional economic cooperation has evolved into a distinctive form of ‘regionalism beyond East Asia’ since the mid-2000s. That is, major regional cooperative schemes, such as the TPP, the RCEP and the AIIB, have actively embraced countries from outside East Asia.


This research project is the initial stage of a multi-year research plan to explore the regional dynamics of the trade-related RCEP and TPP, and the development-oriented AIIB. It has three main objectives. First, to conduct comparative case studies of the major regional economic cooperative schemes. Second, to chart the latest development of economic regionalism in East Asia. Third, to contribute to the academic literature on comparative regionalism and international political economy of trade and development.


In 2018, I was able to conduct an in-depth case study of the RCEP, and to chart the impact of China's rise on economic regional cooperation in East Asia. Some initial results of my research were presented at the Japan Association of Global Governance Research Conference and at the International Political Science Association World Congress. In addition, I published a related paper in an edited volume on the China’s impact on trade competitiveness in Europe.