00817nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043314.0 CRONE, Donald Does hegemony matter? The reorganization of the Pacific political economy. 1993 Advances a modified explanation of regime formation in the Pacific that is conditioned by cognitive factors, as follows: (1) that US predominance inhibited early attempts to organise the Pacific, by creating disincentives for the parties to institutionalize and multilateralize relationships; (2) that the present regime is largely a response to 'leveling' changes in economic and political power relations among Pacific nations; and (3) that value differentials are also important and have structured APEC as a weak regime. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 44522 44522