Inter-Regional Relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Bart Gaens, Gauri Khandekar

   Pages 1-8

3. Two Decades of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)

   • Bart Gaens

   Pages 9-32

4. ASEM: Partnership for Greater Growth?

   • Gauri Khandekar

   Pages 33-58

5. ASEM and the Security Agenda: Talking the Talk but also Walking the Walk?

   • Axel Berkofsky

   Pages 59-78

6. The Value-Added ASEM: The Socio-Cultural Dialogue

   • Huong Le Thu

   Pages 79-100

7. ASEM and the People’s Involvement: A Focus on the Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP)

   • Silja Keva

   Pages 101-129

8. ASEM’S Media Exposure and the Promotion of Connectivity Between Asian and European Publics

   • Suet-Yi Lai

   Pages 131-156

9. Reinventing ASEM: A Need for Relevance

   • Gauri Khandekar

   Pages 157-172

10. ASEM’S Process of Enlargement and Its Implications

    • Bart Gaens

    Pages 173-190

11. ASEM for Europe: One Conduit Among Many

    • Gauri Khandekar

    Pages 191-207

12. ASEM: An Asian Perspective

    • Roopmati Khandekar

    Pages 209-236

13. Conclusion

    • Bart Gaens, Gauri Khandekar

    Pages 237-241

14. Back Matter

    Pages 243-250

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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. 

 

• interregionalism
• transregionalism
• tangible cooperation
• geoeconomics
• economic relations
• traditional security
• european union politics

• The Finnish Institute of Int. Affairs , Helsinki, Finland

  Bart Gaens

• Brussels, Belgium

  Gauri Khandekar

 

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. 

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