and integration, but also social and security community-building.The ASEAN way will be a vital influence on the path and approach of E A C
(3) E A C building follows "open regionalism", i.e. pushing forward intra-regional cooperation and integration, while encouraging individual members or the sub-group to develop bilateral or sub-regional cooperation with outside members. While it
allows the multi-layered frameworks in the region, it also recognizes the existing bilateral alliance or other agreements^Thus, the E A C building process is not intended to create an exclusive or inward-looking regional identity/'
(4) As the political motivation for East Asian cooperation is to
improve regional relations and create peace for the long-term
stability and prosperity of the region, rather than urging for a
super-regional organization, the fundamental role of East
Asian cooperation is to nurture more and more shared princig
pies and rules for regional relations in a new international and
regional setting.