Asian Regionalism

Question 1

refers to the decentralization of political powers or competencies from a higher towards a lower political level.

Answer 1

Regionalism

Question 2

describes the decentralization of competencies or the establishment of regional institutions by the state.

Answer 2

top - down regionalism

Question 3

includes all patterns of endeavors toward political decentralization from within the particular region.

Answer 3

Bottom-up regionalism

Question 4

is an external phenomenon being pushed into the region by world powers

Answer 4

Globalization

Question 5

This foreign policy shift was implemented by the United States to commit more resources and attention to the region.

Answer 5

Pacific Pivot

Question 6

This shift which is also called “Atlantic Century” was termed “Pacific Century” by US Secretary of States Hilary Clinton.

Answer 6

Pacific Pivot

Question 7

become a key driver of global politics.

Answer 7

Asia Pacific

Question 8

It is the home to several key allies and important emerging powers like China, India, and Indonesia.

Answer 8

South Asia

Question 9

Laboratories of Modernity

Answer 9

Asia Pacific and South Asia

Question 10

can act as springboard for globalization.

Answer 10

Regionalism

Question 11

can promote learning, assuage domestic audiences to the benefits of free trade, and form the institutional framework to scale up from regional cooperation o global cooperation.

Answer 11

Regionalism

Question 12

One distinguishing feature of regional institutions in Asia Pacific and South Asia is the adoption of______________which aims to develop and maintain cooperation with outside actors.

Answer 12

Open Regionalism

Question 13

refers to the principle of non-discrimination, more specifically an openness in membership and openness in terms of economic flows

Answer 13

Open

Question 14

embodied by Asia Pacific Economic cooperation or APEC.

Answer 14

Open Regionalism

Question 15

receiving end of globalization.

Answer 15

Asia Pacific and South Asia

Question 16

This entails complex and dynamic interactions between and among governmental and nongovernmental actors which resulted to _________

Answer 16

Regionalization | Hybrid East Asia

Question 17

Where did the first wave of regional economic development took place from mid-1950’s to the early 1970s and led to the emergence of a middle-class by the early 1970s.

Answer 17

Japan

Question 18

The second wave took place between the 1960s and 1980s in_________________ and led to the formation of middle -class societies in these countries by the 1980s.

Answer 18

South Korea, Taiwan, Hongkong and Singapore

Question 19

New urban middle classes emerged in the Philippines in?

Answer 19

post 1986

Question 20

Shapes the new urban middle class, they are the product of regional economic development

Answer 20

Complex historical forces