7 7 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Great ▁Pow ers ▁in ▁East ▁Asia , ▁ 1 9 5 3 – 1 9 6 0 ▁( 1 9 9 0 ). ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁his ▁thought ▁was ▁moving ▁in ▁new ▁directions ▁and ▁beyond ▁East ▁Asia . ▁In ▁his ▁president ial ▁address ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Historical ▁Association ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁" The ▁International ization ▁of ▁History ," ▁I ri ye ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁" at ▁one ▁level , ▁this ▁will ▁necess itate ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁closer ▁t ies ▁between ▁the ▁American ▁and ▁over se as ▁historical ▁communities . ▁At ▁another ▁level , ▁the ▁effort ▁will ▁ent ail ▁the ▁search ▁for ▁historical ▁them es ▁and ▁conception s ▁that ▁are ▁meaning ful ▁across ▁national ▁boundaries . ▁At ▁still ▁another ▁level , ▁each ▁historian ▁will ▁have ▁to ▁become ▁more ▁conscious ▁of ▁how ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁scholar ship ▁may ▁translate ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world ." ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁Cultural ▁International ism ▁and ▁World ▁Order ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Global ▁Community : ▁The ▁Ro le ▁of ▁International ▁Organ izations ▁in ▁the ▁M aking ▁of ▁the ▁Contempor ary ▁World ▁he ▁looked ▁at ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁N GO s ▁and ▁global ▁conscious ness ▁rather ▁than ▁diplom acy , ▁and ▁called ▁for ▁new ▁levels ▁of ▁thought ▁and ▁analysis . ▁ ▁Selected ▁works ▁In ▁a ▁statistical ▁over view ▁derived ▁from ▁writ ings ▁by ▁and ▁about ▁A ki ra ▁I ri ye , ▁OCLC / World Cat ▁en comp ass