East Asia Summit or ASEAN Plus Eight – an insight into Asian regionalism from perspective of Japan
East Asia Summit or ASEAN Plus Eight – an insight into Asian regionalism from perspective of Japan

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the project of East Asia Summit – EAS; a manifestation of Asian diplomatic regionalism; launched in 2005 as a political forum of countries located in the region of East Asia; consistently evolving toward an Asia-Pacific platform of dialogue due to formal membership of Russia and the United States since 2011. A year before there was a discussion about the possibility of the constitution of the ASEAN Plus Eight formula. The author attempts to study the genesis of the EAS project; indicating an issue of membership in the regional diplomatic framework; while addressing Japan’s optics.

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