Inter-Regional Relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
Editors: Gaens, Bart, Khandekar, Gauri (Eds.)
Free Preview- Offers an up-to-date overview of the Asia-Europe Meeting process
- Analyses progress made in political/security-related dialogue, economic cooperation, and socio-cultural exchange, as well as in involving the different stakeholder groups
- Provides insights into past achievements of over two decades, current challenges, and possible new directions for ASEM as a dialogue forum entering its third decade
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- About this book
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This edited volume examines contemporary relations between Europe and Asia through the prism of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). ASEM is an informal forum for dialogue and cooperation between 53 partners from both regions. Having started in 1996, ASEM aims to enhance political dialogue, strengthen economic cooperation, and promote socio-cultural exchange. The book provides insights into past achievements, current challenges, and possible new directions for ASEM as a dialogue forum. The chapters focus on institutional design, the security agenda, economic cooperation, and cultural exchange and civil society outreach through the Asia-Europe Foundation. They also zoom in on ASEM’s Parliamentary Partnership, and the ongoing challenge of public awareness and visibility. Furthermore, they critically examine the implications of the widening process, the attempts to reinvigorate the forum, and the varied perspectives on ASEM’s value for both regions. Appealing to policy-makers, researchers, and students, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues relating to the role of ASEM in contemporary international relations.
- About the authors
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Bart Gaens is Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). He is also Specially-Appointed Associate Professor at the University of Osaka, Japan, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki. He has published on Europe-Asia relations with special focus on the ASEM process.
Gauri Khandekar is Deputy Director and Director Europe at think tank Global Relations Forum based in its office in Brussels, Belgium. Gauri is the author of five books on Asia-Europe relations.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-8
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Two Decades of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
Pages 9-32
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ASEM: Partnership for Greater Growth?
Pages 33-58
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ASEM and the Security Agenda: Talking the Talk but also Walking the Walk?
Pages 59-78
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The Value-Added ASEM: The Socio-Cultural Dialogue
Pages 79-100
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Inter-Regional Relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
- Editors
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- Bart Gaens
- Gauri Khandekar
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-59764-9
- DOI
- 10.1057/978-1-137-59764-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-59763-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-95576-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 250
- Number of Illustrations
- 12 b/w illustrations
- Topics
