1.
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
 Differentiate Regionalization and Globalization
 Identify the factors leading to greater integration of the Asian
Region
Analyze how different Asian states confront the challenges of
globalization and regionalization

2.
WHAT IS REGIONS?
•REGIONS are groups of countries located in the
same geographically specified area;
•Encyclopedic Entry Vocabulary. A region is an
area of land that has common features. A
region can be defined by natural or artificial
features.

3.
WHAT IS REGIONALIZATION?
•The process of dividing an area into smaller segments
called REGIONS
•Division of a nation into states or provinces.
•In Economic Context, it is a Management Tool.

4.
WHAT IS REGIONALISM?
•Regionalism is created as a sort of counter-
globalization
•Regional organizations will always prefer
regional partners over the rest of the world.

5.
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION?
•The expansion and intensification of social
relations and consciousness across world space
and world-time.
•It is a process that every nation interacts with
each other in order to achieve global unity

6.
The differences between regionalization and
globalization

7.
The differences between regionalization and
globalization

8.
The differences between regionalization and
globalization

9.
The differences between regionalization
and globalization

10.
The differences between regionalization
and globalization

11.
Regional Integration
is the process by which two or more nation-
states agree to cooperate and work closely
together to achieve peace, stability, and
wealth.

12.
MILITARY DEFENSE
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was
formed to protect Europe from the threat of the Soviet
Union; and as a response, the Soviet Union created the
Warsaw Pact.

13.
Economic Crisis
The ASEAN countries along with China, Japan, and
South Korea established an emergency fund that stabilized
Asian economies after the rippling effect of the Thai
economy’s collapse.

14.
Resources
Countries need to pool their resources together to make
themselves more powerful. The Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose in power
when it took over domestic production and controlled
crude oil prices across the globe.

15.
Protection of Independence
The countries under the Non-Alignment Movement
(NAM) refused to side with the capitalists (Western
Europe & North America) or the communists (Eastern
Europe).

16.
Factors that Leads the Asian Region into
greater integration
• TRADE
• SIMILAR CULTURE
• COMMON GOALS
• SIMILAR SECURITY NEEDS

17.
CHALLENGES TO REGIONALISM
1. The resurgence of militant nationalism and
populism
- this involves the conflict between NATO, the United
States, and Vladimir Putin’s Anti-NATO movement
2. Continuing financial crisis.
-The continuing crisis in the European Region continues to
lead the United Kingdom into exiting the European Union.

18.
CHALLENGES TO REGIONALISM
3. Conflict between sovereignty and regional stability.
-The Philippines had difficulty letting some countries support its
condemnation of China’s occupation of the West Philippine Sea because China
had given great investments and economic aid to these countries.
4. Differing visions of regionalism.
- Developed countries like the US may only see regionalism as a tool for
political democratization, but developing countries see regionalism as an obstacle
to economic globalization because public inquiry slows down its
implementations.

19.
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
• Founded on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines
• Promoted economic growth, social progress, and
cultural development in the Southeast Asian region
through multilateral cooperation

20.
ASEAN Member
Countries

21.
•Capital: Jakarta
•Population: 264 million (2017)
•Type of Government: Democratic Republic
•Government Leader: Joko Widodo (President)
•Currency: Rupiah (0.0037 Php)
INDONESIA

22.
THAILAND
➢ Capital: Bangkok
➢ Population: 69.04 million (2017)
➢ Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
➢ Government Leaders: Maha Vajiralongkorn (King);
Prayut Chan-o-cha (Prime Minister);
➢ Currency: Baht (1.67 Php)

23.
MALAYSIA
• Capital: Kuala Lumpur
• Population: 31.62 million (2017)
• Type of Government: Federal Constitutional
Monarchy Government Leaders: Muhammad V of
Kelantan (King); Mahathir Bin Mohamad (Prime
Minister)
• Currency: Ringgit (12.99 Php)

24.
SINGAPORE
• Capital: Pulau Ujong
• Population: 5.612 million (2017)
• Type of Government: Parliamentary Representative
Democratic Republic) Government Leaders: Halimah Yacob
(President); Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister)
• Currency: Singapore dollar (39.12 Php)

25.
PHILIPPINES
• Capital: Manila
• Population: 104.9 million (2017)
• Type of Government: Democratic Republic
• Government Leader: FERDINAND MARCOS Jr.
(President)
• Currency: Philippine Peso

26.
VIETNAM
➢ Capital: Hanoi
➢ Population: 95.54 million (2017)
➢ Type of Government: Communist
➢ Government Leader: Nguyen Phu Trong (President
& Head of Party); Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (Prime
Minister)
➢ Currency: Vietnamese dong (0.0023 Php)

27.
CAMBODIA
• Capital: Phnom Penh
• Population: 16.01 million (2017)
• Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
• Government Leader: Hun Sen (President and Prime
Minister)
• Currency: Cambodian riel (0.013 Php)

28.
BRUNEI
• Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
• Population: 428,697 (2017)
• Type of Government: Absolute Monarchy
• Government Leader: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah
• Currency: Brunei Dollar (39.11 Php)

29.
MYANMAR
• Capital: Naypyidaw
• Population: 53.37 million (2017)
• Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
Government Leader: Win Myint (President)
• Currency: Burmese kyat (0.034)

30.
LAOS
➢ Capital: Vientiane
➢ Population: 6.858 million (2017)
➢ Type of Government: Communist State
➢ Government Leader: Bounnhang Vorachith
➢ Currency: Lao kip (0.0062 Php)