China–Japan–South Korea’s trilateral disaster management cooperation within ASEAN-centered institutions (2009–2019)

Abstract

In the article the of role ASEAN-centered institutions for China-Japan-South Korea interaction and cooperation on disaster management is analyzed. Based on official secondary data and the method of forecasting by analogy the author presents evidence of ASEAN providing the three countries with a testing ground for interaction as well as with a possible example to imitate. In turn, ASEAN institutions benefit from the trilateral disaster management development because they receive financial and other kind of assistance from the wealthy China, South Korea, and especially Japan