Governance Demands,Regional Identity,and the Differentiated Changes of Regional Organizations
Establishing regional organizations has increasingly become an important way for members within the region to carry out regional governance and effective cooperation.With the deepening of cooperation,the governance issues faced by regional organizations and members within the region have become increasingly complex and diverse,affecting the governance performance of regional organizations.Faced with diverse governance issues in-volving multiple fields,regional organizations will enhance governance effectiveness through corresponding changes,but the path and direction of changes are not entirely the same.The level of authority and the scope of authority of regional organizations can be used as the main indicators to distinguish their types of changes.Under the impact of diverse govern-ance issues,regional organizations will generally develop into spillover organizations and spill-around organizations.Governance demands are the main driving force for expanding the scope of authority by regional organizations,while regional identity is the fundamental power for enhancing the level of authority by regional organizations.Maritime navigation safety issues drive the transformation of the Arctic Council,promoting its development into a spillover-type regional organization.Addressing terrorist issues promotes the transformation of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation into a spill-around regional organization through reform practices.To maintain governance effectiveness and their own status,regional organ-izations will enhance their authority in both scope and level through organizational change,responding to the impact of diverse issues.In addition,when the change and development of regional organizations are fully aligned with the interests of their members,all members will develop sufficient regional identity with the organization and transfer power,thereby achieving the goal of elevating the level of authority of the regional organization.
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