Reconstruction of regional network in Asia and the Pacific : its past and present, future prospect

太平洋关系研究所（IPR）成立于1925年，是正统国际非政府组织（INGO）的先驱。我们认为它是今天太平洋经合组织、太平洋论坛、太平洋经济合作理事会、东盟和亚太经合组织的先驱机构。我们研究项目的目的是调查知识产权的历史，并从当代的角度考虑知识产权与当今国际非政府组织之间的关系。在为期三年的研究计划中，我们收集了有关夏威夷、美国本土、加拿大、英国、澳大利亚、新西兰等地的知识产权文件，并从不同的角度对知识产权组织主办的国际会议进行了研究。我们也研究了知识产权国际秘书处以及英国、澳大利亚和新西兰的国家理事会的活动，知识产权得到了许多来自不同国家、对亚太地区有兴趣的有影响力的非政府人士的支持。虽然我们已经花了很长时间来恢复知识产权文件，并利用这些文件为这个被遗忘的机构提供了新的历史线索，但仍有许多问题需要探讨。我们想在这里报告我们目前重要主题和主题的调查结果。尽管如此，我们已开始收集有关东盟、亚太经合组织和相关组织的更多文件。我们的项目将继续研究知识产权的历史和意义，并试图表明其在亚太地区的未来相关性。

The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) started in 1925 as a pioneer orthodox International Nongovernmental Organization (INGO). We have evaluated it as a pioneer institution to today's PBEC, PAFTAD, PECC, ASEAN and APEC. The aim of our research project is to investigate the history on the IPR and to consider, from a contemporary standpoint, the relations between the IPR and today's INGOs. We are also contemplating the various issues regarding regionalism in the Asia-Pacific in the future.In our three-year research project, we have collected the IPR documents on Hawaii, mainland of USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and have examined, from different perspectives, the international conferences hosted by the IPR. We have also studied the activities of the IPR international secretariat as well as the national councils in UK, Australia and New Zealand.The IPR had the support of many influential nongovernmental people who came from different nations with interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Though we have gone a long way to recover IPR documents, and used these documents to throw new historical light on this forgotten institution, there are still many topics to be explored.We want to report here our findings on significant themes and topics at the present time. Nevertheless, we have already started to collect additional documents on ASEAN, APEC and related organizations. Our project will continue to research the history and significance of the IPR and attempt to show its future relevance in the Asia-Pacific region.