ABSTRACT

Declarations of a “New World Order”, and the “end of history”, formed part of the optimism that, with the end of the Cold War, international organisation as a process, and international organisations (IOs), the physical manifestations of this process, held promise as never before for the provision of international peace and security. Yet East Asia was missing out. With ongoing ideological divides, deep historical mistrust, territorial conflicts, and jealous defence of sovereign state prerogatives, it seemed that the region was doomed to be an exception. Three decades later, despite the proliferation of IOs, East Asian exceptionalism persists. This paper, therefore, assesses why the peace and security-generating function of international organisation has proven so difficult to manifest in East Asia, what hope there may be for progress, and the prospects of several of the main candidate organisations.

摘要

“世界新秩序”和“历史终结”的宣言构成了乐观的一部分，即随着冷战的结束，国际组织作为一个过程，国际组织（IOs），进程，前所未有地承诺提供国际和平与安全。然而东亚却错失了机会。随着意识形态的持续分歧、深刻的历史不信任、领土冲突以及对主权国家特权的嫉妒捍卫，该地区似乎注定要成为例外。三年后，尽管 IO 激增，东亚例外论仍然存在。因此，本文评估了为什么国际组织的和平与安全生成功能在东亚难以体现，取得进展的希望是什么，