Europe-Asia Relations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introducing Asia, Europe and the Challenges of Globalization

   1. Introducing Asia, Europe and the Challenges of Globalization

      • Richard Balme, Brian Bridges

      Pages 1-23

3. Inter-Regional Relations in a Globalizing Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Europe—Asia: The Historical Limits of a ‘Soft’ Relationship

      • François Godement

      Pages 27-46

   3. EU Foreign Policy and Asia

      • Karen E. Smith

      Pages 47-65

   4. The Asia Strategy of the European Union and Asia—EU Economic Relations: History and New Developments

      • Sung-Hoon Park, Heung-Chong Kim

      Pages 66-82

   5. EU—ASEAN Relations and Policy-Learning

      • Yeo Lay Hwee

      Pages 83-102

   6. Asian Migrants in Europe: the Need for a Global Perspective

      • Leo Douw

      Pages 103-121

4. Patterns of Bilateralism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. A European Strategy Towards China? The Limits of Integration in Foreign Policy Making

      • Richard Balme

      Pages 125-144

   3. China’s Strategic Thinking: The Role of the European Union

      • Ting Wai

      Pages 145-171

   4. Taiwan and Europe

      • Czeslaw Tubilewicz

      Pages 172-194

   5. From an Issue-specific to a Global Partnership: Japan and the European Union

      • Machiko Hachiya

      Pages 195-212

   6. The European Union and the Korean Conundrum

      • Brian Bridges

      Pages 213-232

   7. India–EU Relations: Building a Strategic Partnership

      • Ummu Salma Bava

      Pages 233-255

5. Back Matter

   Pages 257-269

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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.

• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• european union politics

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

• School of Government, Peking University, China

  Richard Balme

• Lingnan University, Hong Kong

  Brian Bridges

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.

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