Europe-Asia Interregional Relations
A Decade of ASEM
Bart Gaens
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Europe-Asia Interregional Relations
A Decade of ASEM
Bart Gaens
About This Book
This book examines the interregional relations of the European Union with East Asia through the prism of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). ASEM currently brings together 16 Asian countries, the 27 member states of the European Union, as well as the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Commission. ASEM's ten-year anniversary and the Sixth Summit in Helsinki prompted reflection on the forum's accomplishments in three dimensions of interaction, its working methods, democratic involvement, public awareness and global strategic potential. The volume provides an in-depth evaluation of ASEM's first decade from a European perspective, including the achievements of the ASEM6 Summit and its implications for the future of the process. It also analyzes the role of interregional interaction as a tool for EU foreign policy.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Graphs
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword by President Martti Ahtisaari
- Foreword by Ambassador Hanna Lehtinen
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 ASEM’s Background and Rationale
- 2 ASEM as an Economy-oriented Partnership
- 3 ASEM, Multilateralism, and the Security Agenda
- 4 Human Rights and Burma/Myanmar in the ASEM Dialogue
- 5 ASEM as a Tool to “Bridge the Cultural Divide”
- 6 ASEM and Civil Society
- 7 ASEM’s Institutional Infrastructure
- 8 ASEM in the Context of the European Union’s External Relations
- 9 The Outcomes of the ASEM6 Summit in Helsinki
- Summary and Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index