Europe-Asia Relations: Building Multilateralisms

ISBN-13: 9780230550674 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 269 str.

Richard Balme; Brian Bridges

Opis

Europe and Asia are two major centres for the development of multi-polar and multi-lateral relations. This volume explores the substance and manner in which the member countries of the EU and their Asian counterparts interact at bilateral, multi-lateral and inter-regional levels.

Recenzje

'I can highly recommend this book to any student of regionalism and the EU more generally.' - Michael J. Steffens, Journal of Common Market Studies

Spis treści

Introducing Asia, Europe and the Challenges of Globalization; R.Balme & B.Bridges PART 1: INTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS IN A GLOBALIZING CONTEXT Europe-Asia: The Historical Limits of a "Soft" Relationship; F.Godement EU Foreign Policy and Asia; K.Smith The Asia Strategy of the European Union and Asia-EU Economic Relations; H-C.Kim & S-H.Park EU-ASEAN Relations and Policy-Learning; L.H.Yeo Asian Migrants in Europe: The Need for a Global Perspective; L.Douw PART 2: PATTERNS OF BILATERALISM A European Strategy towards China?; R.Balme China's Strategic Thinking: The Role of the European Union; W.Ting Taiwan and Europe; C.Tubilewicz From an Issue-Specific to a Global Partnership: Japan and the EU; M.Hachiya The European Union and the Korean Conundrum; B.Bridges India-EU Relations: Building a Strategic Partnership; U.Salma Bava

O autorze

RICHARD BALME is Professor at Sciences Po, Paris, and in the School of Government, Peking University, China. He is Director of the Sciences Po program in China. He teaches and writes on European Union politics and on globalization and policy-making. His recent publications include L'Action Collective en Europe (2002) and Collective Action and European Democracy.

BRIAN BRIDGES is Professor of Politics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Previously he was Head of the East Asia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. He teaches, writes and broadcasts on the politics and international relations of the Asian Pacific region and on Europe's relations with that region. His books include Europe and the Challenge of the Asia Pacific and Korea after the Crash: The Politics of Economic Recovery.