East Asia and Latin America The Unlikely Alliance

This volume sheds new light on the much-neglected topic of current and potential relations between East Asia and Latin America. The contributors contend that close cooperation between peoples and governments of these two areas is feasible and desirable-and indeed that it could have beneficial effects on the shaping of a new world order in the face of globalization and in the wake of 9/11. A genuinely comparative set of essays examines economic and political similarities, differences, and connections between East Asia and Latin America; a concluding chapter suggests practical ways to strengthen ties between the two regions. By bringing together original work by senior scholars and professional experts from both regions, the book offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and provocative set of perspectives.

Lily M. Bravo Castillo is a professor at the Institute of International Studies (IEI) at the University of Chile and a political analyst for the U.S. Embassy in Santiago Jose Luis Estrada-Lopez is a professor of economics at the Metropolitan University in Mexico City Kotaro Horisaka is a professor of Latin American studies and Dean of Academic Affairs at Sophia University in Tokyo Akio Hosono is a professor of international economics at Kobe University in Japan Jiang Shixue is a professor and deputy director of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing Taik-Hwan Jyoung is the director-general of the Statistical Training Center for the Statistical Office of the Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy Sayuri Kuwabara is a researcher at the Japan Center for International Finance in Tokyo Jose Luis Leon is a professor of political science at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, and an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mexico Gilmar Masiero is a professor of economics at the State University of Maringa in Parana, Brazil Shoji Nishijima is director of the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration at Kobe University in Japan Jaebong Ro is managing director of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy in Seoul Gilson Schwartz is a visiting professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Peter H. Smith is a professor of political science and Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of California, San Diego Nualnoi Treerat is a member of the faculty of economics at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand Keiichi Tsunekawa is a professor of political science at the University of Tokyo, Komaba