Can East Asians Cooperate?
As China continues its unremitting rise, people throughout East Asia are wondering whether their states can achieve the peaceful, stable relations that now characterize Europe. If so, East Asians will have to follow Europe's lead by starting small.
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SEOUL – As China continues its unremitting rise, people throughout East Asia are wondering whether their states will ever be able to achieve the peaceful, stable relations that now characterize Europe. Given the regularity of serious diplomatic spats – over everything from tiny atolls in the South China Sea to the legacy of World War II – this may sound like an elusive dream. But, with nationalism and military budgets rising sharply, achieving consensual stability has become imperative for the region. Can it be done?