1997-1998年的金融危機不啻爲東亞各國政府敲響警鍾,它們的金融市場和制度尚未對全球化市場的資本流動提供充分的準備。此後,在某種程度上,東亞區域的整合即在應付或避免下一次的金融危機,以及爲達該目的的功能延伸。本文首先介紹東亞區域整合的現況;其次回顧實際上的區域貿易整合和正式的區域貿易安排現狀,並檢驗在東亞進一步貿易整合制度化的正面和負面因素;再次說明目前區域金融合作的狀況,並且研究背後的因素,以及對金融整合進一步制度化的限制;第四部分討論區域安全安排的問題,以及中國、日本和東協在其中的角色;最後透過對未來挑戰的探究,提出結論。本文認爲,在貿易、投資和金融的經濟整合深化,以及該等整合的進一步制度化能相互彼此加強,而且緊密經濟關係乃區域和平與安全之必要條件。
The financial crisis in 1997-1998 was a wake-up call to East Asian Governments that their financial markets and institutions were insufficiently prepared to manage globalized markets capital flows. This paper traces the regional integration development that has occurred in East Asia by trade, financial, and security aspects. The paper examines both the positive and negative elements in different integration process. Finally, the paper emphasized how deepening economic and financial integration is encouraging greater political cooperation across the world of East Asia.