Dr. Shen Dingli is Professor and Executive Dean at the Institute of International Studies and Director, Centre for American Studies, at Fudan University, Shanghai.
Professor Sujit Dutta's article, ‘China in SAARC? To What Effect?’ has made an excellent case for the desirability of regionalism as it offers public commons to members of such institutions. Indeed the EU and ASEAN are prime examples of such cooperation as they generate political, economic and security benefits for their members, though to different degrees.
