1. Asia and Europe: Federal vs. Concentric Paths to Regional Integration

2. EU and ASEAN

3. Greek Crisis, East Asia Summit

4. EU & ASEAN: Similarities Began as Political Projects Moved on to Economic Focus Functional Development Intergovernmental, Summit Process Outreach to Neighboring Countries, other regional organizations Broader, Deeper, Better

5. EU and ASEAN

6. EU & ASEAN: Differences Primary Drivers: Economics vs. Politics Stepwise Process vs. Long Latent Period Build up of Bureaucracy vs. Crisis-driven entity Supranationalism vs. Inter-governmentalism Political Equality vs. Concentric Rings

7. Major Theories of European Integration Functionalism Neo-Functionalism Inter-governmentalism Liberal Inter-governmentalism

8. Haas, Schmitter, Moravcsik

9. Other Theories of European Integration Institutionalism Constitutionalism Federalism Regulationism Multi-level Governance Polycentric Governance Neo-neo-functionalism

10. Problems Applying European Ideas Mercosur’s Political Process ASEAN’s Differences Specificity of European Conditions Crisis-driven development Regional Transformation No aims for high-level integration

11. Asia’s crises

12. Elements of Asian Integration Theory Existing Theories: Functionalism Neo-functionalism Inter-governmentalism Liberal Inter-governmentalism Other Theories Don’t Apply

13. Traditional I.R. Theory Realism Neo-realism Liberalism/Neo-liberalism World Systems Theory Constructivism Which provides the most useful approach?

14. Giants of I.R.

15. A Model of Asian Integration Politics  Economics Punctuated Equilibrium Crisis-driven Regionalism Strong Inter-governmentalism Concentric Grouping 1) ASEAN, 2) ASEAN+3, 3) ASEAN+6, 4) ASEAN+8, 5) SCO, SAARC

16. Europe and East Asia