Changing Context, Persistent Frames: The United States and the Absence of Multilateral Institutions in Post-Cold War East Asia
Journal: Asian international studies review
Year: 2016

After the Cold War, conditions appeared ripe for the formation of new multilateral institutions that would have more accurately reflected the altered distribution of power in East Asia. However, no new or robust institutions were established. Despite the value of certain historical and structural arguments, this study emphasizes the role of the United States in contributing to this outcome. Building upon critical historiography, this article sketches three frames of U.S. foreign policy held by U