Two competing paths to East Asian integration are emerging: one, symbolized by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), is a broad trans-Pacific vision; the other, more recent and still amorphous, is exclusive to East Asia itself, and symbolized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three process and negotiations. Significantly, APEC includes both the United States and Taiwan; ASEAN Plus Three excludes both. What role will China play in shaping these competing paths to regional integration and how will the United States respond to defend its preeminent economic and diplomatic position in Asia?

Please join AEI and the National Defense University’s Institute of National Security Studies in the sixth session of a seminar series to discuss these and other questions related to the growth of Chinese power and influence in Asia.

Information about the series and links to previous sessions are available at: http://www.aei.org/events/seriesID.15/series_detail.asp.