The formation of the stratified structure of Asian regionalarchitecture and the United States

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Under this research project, a database on the formation of Asian regional architecture is constructed by using documents on regional policies of US government and East Asian countries' governments, documents by regional institutions and articles of newspapers and magazines on a process of development of regional institutions in Asia and on US involvement in it. Analyzing these documents, articles and the database resulted in the tentative conclusion that a stratified structure of Asian regional architecture has been constructed because the ambivalent position of the United States in East Asia stimulated development of various regional institutions in this region.