The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group along with ships from Australia, Chile, Japan, Canada, and Korea speed towards Honolulu in RIMPAC 2000. Ship history Construction Lincoln' s contract was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on 27 December 1982 her keel was laid 3 November 1984 at A carrier battle group (CVBG consists of an Aircraft carrier (CV and its escorts Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime exercise

Countries comprising the Pacific Rim.

The Pacific Rim refers to the countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions There are many economic centers around the Pacific Rim, such as Auckland, Brisbane, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Lima, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Panama City, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Santiago, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Vancouver, and Yokohama. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers on a coast overlooking Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City of Manila Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Santiago ( (litteraly in spanish Saint James) is the Capital of Chile, and the center of its largest Conurbation ( Greater Santiago Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Singapore Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area Honolulu is the headquarters of various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations of the Pacific Rim including the East-West Center and the Institute of Asian Research. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The East-West Center (EWC headquartered in Honolulu Hawaii, is an education and research organization established by the U The Institute of Asian Research at University of British Columbia is a research institute founded in 1978 and has been the foremost research centre in Canada for the In addition, the RIMPAC exercise is coordinated by United States Pacific Command which is headquartered in Honolulu. RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime exercise The United States Pacific Command ( USPACOM) is a Unified Combatant Command of the armed forces of the United States, led by the Commander

The region has great diversity — with the economic dynamism of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore; the technological expertise of Japan, Korea and the western United States; the natural resources of Australia, Colombia, Canada, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, the Russian Far East and the United States; the human resources of China and Indonesia; the agricultural productivity of Australia, Chile, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the United States among others. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Russian Far East (Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и ˈdalʲnʲɪj vʌˈstok rʌˈsʲiɪ is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Productivity in Economics refers to measures of output from production processes per unit of input For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

The term The Pacific Rim can be abbreviated to; Prim. This can refer to a person of mixed race, with one half of their heritage comprising of a country of the Pacific Rim.

List of countries on the Pacific Rim

This is a list of countries that are generally considered to be a part of the Pacific Rim, since they lie along the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions ^[1]

• Australia
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• North Korea
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• The Philippines
• Russia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• The United States
• Vietnam

Development of the "Pacific Rim" Concept

Some theorists opine that with the established centres of industrialism in Europe and eastern North America apparently stagnating relative to the developing world, especially in Asia, the centre of world economic activity may refocus on the Pacific Rim, with a consequent decline in the Western countries surrounding the Atlantic. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Papua New Guinea (or ˈpæpjuːə in Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Singapore South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the This notion arose in the late 1980s and 1990s, when various hitherto underdeveloped Asian economies such as Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea began to rapidly modernise and grow at phenomenal rates. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Before this time the only major industrialised economy in the region had been Japan, somewhat isolated from the major developed areas of the world, and at least partly dependent on export trade with Europe and North America to maintain its westernised living standards. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

The sudden appearance of the Asian Tigers, as the newly developing countries became known, drew the attention of the West to the region, and opened the possibility that the old economic world order might be under threat from these dynamic young economies. The term Four Asian Tigers or East Asian Tigers refers to the Economies of South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore The Pacific Rim represented a hope that these growing Asian economies might be drawn into a relationship with other forward-looking economic centres bordering the Pacific (such as Australia, California, and the Pacific Northwest of North America) and thereby enable some First World countries to continue to enjoy economic prosperity. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean The term " first world " refers to countries that are capitalist, which are technologically advanced and whose In the early optimism of the Internet boom, the obvious technology synergies between Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, and the well-established technology heartlands of Seattle and San Francisco strongly supported this idea.

The Pacific Ocean remains an important logistical barrier, not least by separating the western and eastern parts of the Rim by 8 timezones and the International Date Line. It contains negligible markets itself; a typical air crossing between population centres is 15 hours non-stop, a sea crossing by the fastest container ships is of the order of 11-12 days. It takes less time to fly even from Europe to California than it takes from China, and even less from Europe to the rest of North America. Moreover, the cultural discontinuity between East Asia and other countries notionally included in this grouping (such as the Americas, Australia and New Zealand) has proved less easy to bridge than some might have expected. The expansion of the European Union and the modernisation of its new members in Eastern Europe is to some extent reinvigorating the North Atlantic region. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. South American economies bordering the Atlantic are also now enjoying steady growth after years of instability, particularly in Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. So perhaps it is now less easy to forecast a definitive shift towards the Pacific Rim than previously thought.

Between the mid-1990s and the early years of the 21st century, the "Asian Tiger" boom suffered a number of setbacks, beginning with the Asian financial crisis of 1997, through the "dot-com" crash, to the SARS epidemic of 2003. The Asian Financial Crisis was a period of Financial crisis that gripped much of Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown ( In the aftermath of these problems, the only clearly discernible economic trend has been the meteoric rise of the PRC as a manufacturing giant. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Together with the parallel rise and sophistication of the Indian economy, the China boom has largely eclipsed the Pacific Rim idea. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Several factors would seem to argue for an alternative prognosis:

• communications between the Asian manufacturing centers and the markets of Europe, Africa and the Middle East are perhaps more straightforward than those across the Pacific (for instance, one country - Russia - spans the Eurasian continent, having borders with both China and the EU)
• long-standing relationships between European countries and various Asian and African countries are stronger (if not always more amicable), than those within the synthetic partnership of the Pacific Rim
• the cultural contrast between traditional East Asian societies and Europe is less stark than that with North America, having been filtered through millennia of contact and interchange, and is graduated across the expanse of Eurasia
• the former Soviet-bloc countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, while still not entirely politically stable, are now modernizing and will soon become a significant economic force
• there is a strong cultural link between Europe and the Americas, making trade and co-operation across the Atlantic considerably easier than across the Pacific
• 72% of the world's population lives in Eurasia, 85% in Eurasia-Africa, including the world's largest single "First World" market (the EU, with a population around 450 million)

In this light it seems equally possible that if the world's economic centre-of-gravity is going to move anywhere, it is to South and East Asia, rather than to an ill-defined grouping of widely separated countries around the Pacific. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For the superstate in George Orwell 's novel see Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four. On the other hand, the increasing globalisation of world trade might lead one to conclude that in the long run there will be no single economic focus at all. Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones

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References

External links

• Teaching about the Pacific Rim
• Institute of Asian Research : http://www.iar.ubc.ca