Abstract
Over the years, regional cooperation in Asia1 has flourished since the first intergovernmental body in the region was established in 1947—the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), known since 1974 as the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Thus far, Asian countries have hosted some 100 non-UN regional organizations. As the region is so vast, they have tended to be subregional. 2 They have been formed in waves; that is, an organization has been formed as a model that has been followed by similar organizations. But many waves have ended because of a fundamental flaw in their leadership, so Asian regional cooperation has gone through a learning experience. None have developed supranational capabilities, and the confederal approach has not worked within the region.
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