Fidler: Asia’s Participation in Global Health Diplomacy and Global Health Governance

David P. Fidler (Indiana Univ. - Law) has posted Asia’s Participation in Global Health Diplomacy and Global Health Governance (Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 269-300, September 2010). Here's the abstract:

This article provides a framework for thinking about Asian approaches to and impact on global health diplomacy and governance that might contribute to more sophisticated analyses on Asia in global health politics, diplomacy, and governance. First, the article examines the “rise of Asia” and “rise of health” as overlapping but unconnected developments in international relations. Second, it analyzes how the shift of power and influence towards Asia, largely caused by China’s and India’s emergence as great powers, affects global health politics and potential Asian contributions to global health diplomacy and governance in the future. Third, the article looks at normative ideas that characterize Asian approaches to international cooperation and how these ideas affect Asian participation in global health diplomacy and governance. Fourth, the article considers Asian practices on international health cooperation, which include bilateral relations, regional activities, and participation in multilateral organizations. The article ends with conclusions about Asian conceptualizations of and contributions to global health diplomacy and governance.