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The Caribbean in the Pacific Century: Prospects for Caribbean-Pacific Cooperation

Jacqueline A. Braveboy-Wagner, with W. Marvin Will, Dennis J. Gayle, and Ivelaw Griffith

		ISBN: 978-1-55587-195-6 $42.00
	1992/217 pages/LC: 92-17082

"An interesting comparative analysis of the economic development of small states.... As an introductory reading on the development of small-state economies, it is timely in its appearance and provides useful historical and statistical information."—Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs

"It examines in a novel and interesting way the relations of Caribbean states with those in Asia-Pacific."—Revista Interamericana de Bibliografia

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Despite the current global focus on prospects for the integrated European market, there are many in the policymaking and business communities who believe that the next century will be a Pacific, rather than a European, one. Not only does U.S. trade with East Asia far exceed its trans-Atlantic commerce, but recent figures show that the countries of Asia Pacific account for more than 40 percent of the world's output of goods and services.

As the Pacific century approaches, Caribbean states are moving to diversify their foreign relations away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America. The authors of this book explore the commonalities and current links between the Asian-Pacific and Caribbean states and examine ways in which ties between the two groups can be deepened to their mutual benefit.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jacqueline A. Braveboy-Wagner is professor of political science at the City College and the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. She is president of the Caribbean Studies Association and author of Interpreting the Third World: Politics, Economics, and Social Issues and The Caribbean in World Affairs: Foreign Policies of the English Speaking Caribbean, among other books.

ASIA PACIFIC AND THE CARIBBEAN: BACKGROUND AND LINKAGES.
Global Transformation: Asia Pacific into the Twenty-first Century.
Asia Pacific: Intraregional Relations.
The Caribbean: Intraregional Relations.
Japan, East Asia, and the Caribbean: Economic Linkages.
DEVELOPMENT: WHAT CAN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN LEARN FROM ASIA PACIFIC?
Applying the East Asian Development Model to the English-speaking Caribbean—Dennis J. Gayle.
Security for Development: Caribbean-Asia Pacific Regional Mechanisms—Ivelaw L. Griffith.
THE SMALL STATES OF THE PACIFIC AND THE CARIBBEAN: COMMON PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL LINKS.
No Easy Choices: Comparing the Political Economies of the Newer Caribbean and Pacific States—W. Marvin Will.
Security Problems of the Newer Caribbean and Pacific States—W. Marvin Will.
CONCLUSION.
Strengthening the Links.

The Caribbean in the Pacific Century: Prospects for Caribbean-Pacific Cooperation

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