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Asia Eur J (2018) 16:115–124 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-018-0505-x INTRODUCTION 1 2 Mark Beeson & Thomas Diez Published online: 12 March 2018 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Introduction We live in an age of seemingly never-ending crisis. Financial markets are gripped by one convulsion after another, welfare systems are buckling under the strain of poten- tially unrealisable expectations, violent transnational non-state groups challenge state authorities and populist politicians and authoritarian leaders employing an old- fashioned nationalist rhetoric are on the rise across the world. The old order is clearly crumbling, but it is far from certain what sort of new one is waiting to be born. It is even less certain what role—if any—regional organisations and identities will play in it. This is more surprising than it may seem. For all their current problems, regional organisations and responses used to be seen as one of the best potential means to address such crises (Mattli 1999). Whether scholars and policymakers thought this might be achieved through enlightened, voluntary cooperation or under hegemonic leadership, both liberals (e.g. Acharya 2007) and realists (e.g. Kupchan 1998)saw regional mechanisms as important features of the contemporary international order. Even now, when pivotal regional organisations such
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Published: Mar 12, 2018
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