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The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Shows in which areas of EU-Asia security relations there is greater convergence or cooperation and in which there is less, and highlights opportunities and obstacles for potential cooperation in the future
  • Provides a comprehensive analysis of security relations between the EU and its key Asian partners together with an assessment of the role played by other global powers
  • Brings together researchers based in Europe and the Asia-Pacific in the writing of each chapter, combining expertise and insights from both geographic regions

Part of the book series: The European Union in International Affairs (EUIA)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. The Background to EU–Asia Security Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners

      • Emil Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen, See Seng Tan
      Pages 3-28
  3. Dimensions in EU–Asia Security Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Military Security

      • Delphine Allès, Pascal Vennesson
      Pages 53-71
    3. Regional Security

      • See Seng Tan, Thomas Diez
      Pages 73-93
    4. Non-proliferation

      • Nicola Casarini, Michito Tsuruoka
      Pages 95-113
    5. Organised Crime and Terrorism

      • Raphael Bossong, Leslie Holmes
      Pages 115-137
    6. Climate and Energy Security

      • Mark Beeson, Claire Dupont
      Pages 139-160
    7. Human Security

      • Sebastian Harnisch, Nam-Kook Kim
      Pages 161-183
    8. Civil Protection and Disaster Management

      • Alistair D. B. Cook, Han Dorussen
      Pages 185-207
    9. Cybersecurity

      • George Christou, Michael Raska
      Pages 209-230
    10. Economic Security

      • Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Kaewkamol Karen Pitakdumrongkit
      Pages 231-254
    11. Migration Security

      • Martin Searle, Harlan Koff
      Pages 255-278
    12. Disease Control and Health Security

      • Hoo Tiang Boon, Stephen Roberts
      Pages 279-297
  4. EU–Asia Security: Bilateral Relations and the Role of External Powers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
    2. Security Relations Between the EU and ASEAN

      • Felix Heiduk, Reuben Wong
      Pages 301-322
    3. Security Relations Between the EU and Australia

      • Margherita Matera, Philomena Murray
      Pages 323-345
    4. EU–China Security Relations

      • Emil Kirchner, Xinning Song
      Pages 347-367

About this book

This wide-ranging book analyses EU-Asia security relations in a systematic, substantive and comparative manner. The contributions assess similarities and differences between the EU and its Asian partners with respect to levels of threat perception, policy response and security cooperation in the context of historical, institutional and external factors – such as the influence of the United States. The book presents original empirical research organised in four parts: a number of contributions providing discussions of the global context in which EU-Asia security relations develop; a series of chapters covering the range of dimensions of EU-Asian security, including both traditional and non-military aspects of security; chapters addressing the specific issues touching on bilateral relations between the EU and its partners in the Asia-Pacific region; and a final part presenting the overall findings across the various contributions together with the future outlook for EU-Asia securityrelations.

Reviews

 

“An insightful, timely and must-read publication on an often-overlooked but increasingly important aspect of EU-Asia relations. I see it becoming indispensable reading for all those interested in EU-Asia relations including EU, Asian and US policymakers as they seek to hammer out a new, more constructive and mature script for their complex future geopolitical interactions.”

-Shada Islam is Founder of New Horizons Project, a global analysis company and the former EU correspondent of the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review newsweekly.

“This most timely and comprehensive analysis of the EU’s multidimensional and multifaceted security relations with Asia provides up-to-date analysis that helps to better understand and explain the EU’s actual and potential role as a security actor on the regional, interregional and global levels of international relations. It should become essential reading for scholars, students and practitioners with an interest in European, Asian and global security affairs.”

-Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bersick, Jean Monnet Chair, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

“This book provides the most comprehensive academic analysis to date of the European Union’s emerging security relations with Asian states, with detailed chapters on the EU’s security interactions with all the main Asian states and ASEAN, as well as the full spectrum of security issues. … a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the dilemmas facing the EU as it debates how to respond to China’s rising power and an emerging US-China Cold War.”

-Prof. Andrew Cottey, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Luiss University, Rome, Italy

    Thomas Christiansen

  • Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

    Emil Kirchner

  • S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    See Seng Tan

About the editors

Thomas Christiansen is Professor of Political Science at Luiss University, Rome and part-time position of Professor at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Emil Kirchner is Jean Monnet Chair and Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex, UK.

See Seng Tan is President and CEO of International Students Inc. (ISI), a faith-based organisation in the US, and concurrently Professor of International Relations at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.


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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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