Developments in EU-Asia Relations

This collection of articles offers an overview of some recent developments in the increasingly important relations between the EU and Asia. Contributors analyse key areas of these developments such as the Strategic Partnerships with China and Japan, free trade agreements, and ASEM, from a broad range of approaches (international relations, political economy, opinion research) presenting a purposefully eclectic compilation that reflects the thematic, institutional, structural and geographic variety that characterises the EU’s relations with East Asia.

Contents:

Editorial Foreword: The Complex and Multifaceted Nature of EU-Asia Relations - Maria Garcia

The European Union and China: The Logics of 'Strategic Partnership' - Michael Smith, Huaixian Xie

EU-China Cooperation In the Field of Energy, Environment and Climate Change - Pietro De Matteis

The EU-Japan Strategic Partnership in the 21st Century: Motivations, Constraints and Practice - Elena Atanassova-Cornelis

Fears and Strategies: The EU, China and their Free Trade Agreements in East Asia - Maria Garcia

Contemporary Trans-regional Cooperation between Europe and Asia in a Changing World - Beginda Pakpahan

Invisible Forum? The Public Outreach of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) - Alessandra Brovelli, Natalia Chaban, Suet-Yi Lai, Martin Holland

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JCER: Vol.6, No.4, Winter 2010: Special Issue - Developments in EU-Asia Relations http://www.jcer.net/ojs/index.php/jcer/issue/view/19

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