This introduction traces the Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) from its 2009 founding to the 9th AIELN Conference held in Tokyo (14–15 June 2025). Drawing on Asian experiences, the volume addresses how geopolitical risk and geoeconomic strategy now run through the core of trade, investment, and digital governance. The contributions examine whether the liberal trading system is fragmenting into regional blocs, how legal frameworks allocate the costs of regulatory risk, and whether Asian states can act as norm entrepreneurs rather than objects of great-power strategies. Ultimately, the volume asks how international economic law can accommodate demands for resilience, security, and sustainability without abandoning rule-based multilateralism.

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Introduction

  • Junji Nakagawa,
  • Taro Hamada,
  • Yoshimichi Ishikawa

摘要

This introduction traces the Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) from its 2009 founding to the 9th AIELN Conference held in Tokyo (14–15 June 2025). Drawing on Asian experiences, the volume addresses how geopolitical risk and geoeconomic strategy now run through the core of trade, investment, and digital governance. The contributions examine whether the liberal trading system is fragmenting into regional blocs, how legal frameworks allocate the costs of regulatory risk, and whether Asian states can act as norm entrepreneurs rather than objects of great-power strategies. Ultimately, the volume asks how international economic law can accommodate demands for resilience, security, and sustainability without abandoning rule-based multilateralism.