Asian states have generally taken a positive approach towards globalization, in spite of the risk that it has always posed to their sovereignty. Globalization has not only been used to increase the power and position of Asian countries in the international system, as one might expect from conventional international relations, but also more fundamentally to guarantee the security and legitimacy of their regimes. This latter dimension has always been decisive in the development of attitudes and responses towards globalization. The risk of losing their sovereignty was ignored or even considered acceptable in a context where specific types of globalization (e.g., transnational production) could be organized to coincide with the objectives of survival and legitimacy of authoritarian regimes. At the same time, the States have also sought to limit their exposure to and participation in the globalization process (e.g., through the transmission of liberal values) when they conflicted with the security of the regime. As a result, Asian countries are maintaining a cautious stance toward globalization.