In regard to cross-border money flows, the vast portion of Asia's savings are invested in US financial markets, and then recycled back to Asia in the form of FDI by multinationals. The ongoing RMB (renminbi) reform could lead to a substantial change in the monetary landscape between Asia and the US.
Given these and other elements I do not cover today, Asia and the US will most likely continue to assume shared responsibility for the smooth functioning of the global economic architecture. Besides the economic issues, Asia's cohesion is as evident as that of Europe. Unlike Europe, however, Asian countries are divided or "linked," I would say, by the sea.