Regional Cooperation and Resilience in East Asia Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy Series

This book argues that a resilient region should act reactively and proactively in the face of shocks and disruptions and asserts that the institutionalization of regional cooperation may be the answer to development challenges in times of uncertainty and instability.

It considers regional, transregional, and subregional cooperation initiatives for building regional resilience and critically examines a broad spectrum of issues, such as international security and trade, economic development, value chains in production, and social welfare. Adopting the concept of resilience allows for a holistic, dynamic, and systematic approach to the studies on the regional process of institutionalization, responsiveness, and adaptability to challenging circumstances. The economic and social indicators of the countries in the region are examined alongside an analysis of the regional institutional architecture.

The reader is acquainted with the essence of resilience concerning each category of challenges and the mechanisms of its achievement and strengthening through regional integration. The interdisciplinary character of the book makes it suitable for usage not only by economists but also by lawyers. As such, the book will be helpful to scholars and students of international economics, international security, and policymakers.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. This project has been funded by Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, WUEB, Poland and SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.

Introduction 1. Resilience in regional studies – theoretical and empirical context of disciplinary studies 2. Enhancing security resilience: new norms and instruments of subregional and transregional cooperation in East Asia 3. Shaping the economic resilience in East Asia through international trade 4. Moving toward resilient value chains in East Asia 5. Impact of income inequality and poverty on social and economic resilience in East Asia

Sebastian Bobowski is Associate Professor in the Department of International Business at Wrocław University of Economics and Business, WUEB (Poland), Associate of the Cambridge Learning Gateway, a member of Asia-Pacific Research Centre, EuroSEAS, and EBES, and the author and co-author of 15 books and 106 research papers in Polish and English.